Saint Gotthard | |
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Born | 960 Reichersdorf, Bavaria |
Died | 5 May 1038 |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
Canonized | 1131, Rheims by Pope Innocent II |
Feast | 5 May |
Attributes | dragon; model of a church[1] |
Patronage | travelling merchants; invoked against fever, dropsy, childhood sicknesses, hailstones, the pain of childbirth, and gout;[2] invoked by those in peril of the sea[3] |
Gotthard (or Godehard) (960 – 5 May 1038 AD; Latin: Gotthardus, Godehardus), also known as Gothard or Godehard the Bishop, was a German bishop venerated as a saint.