Biography
Benno of Metz
About Benno of Metz
Benno was a canon at Strasbourg before living as a hermit at Einsiedeln after 900. King Henry I appointed him bishop of Metz in 927.
Opponents of the king blinded him, and he resigned in 929. He returned to the community near Meinrad’s cell at Einsiedeln, which adopted the Benedictine rule in 934. He died there on August 3, 940.
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