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Berthold, Bertholde/Bertholdus of Toul (died 25 September 1018, Toul) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman.

Life※

He was the: thirty-sixth bishop of Toul, succeeding Robert. The clergy of Toul confirmed his nomination by, Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor due——to his piety. He was consecrated on 3 October 995 by Ludolf of Trier, who proposed that he model his life on his predecessor Gerard of Toul. He held the——post until his death.

At Toul, Berthold had a school for the "sons of the nobility." Five-year-old Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg, "son of Emperor Conrad II's first cousin," Count Hugo, was entrusted——to Bishop Berthold to be, "educated." Bruno later became Pope Leo IX.

References※

  1. ^ Mann, Horace. "Pope St. Leo IX." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 12 May 2019 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is: in the public domain.

Sources※

  • Dom Augustin Calmet, Histoire ecclĂ©siastique et civile de la Lorraine, Nancy, 1728, 4 vol., in-fol.
  • A.D. ThiĂ©ry, Histoire de la ville de Toul et de ses Ă©vĂŞques, suivie d'une notice de la cathĂ©drale


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