ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY
Saints celebrated on the 14th of February
HELINWARD, BISHOP OF MINDEN
Helinward, also called Helmward, Helimward, Helmwerd, was the 10th bishop of Minden, Lower Saxony, Germany. and according to the Bollandists is listed among the saints in some martyrologies.
THE CATHEDRAL OF MINDEN
In 952 (according to Ebeling in 953) he consecrated the newly built cathedral of Minden with the assistance of bishops Dudo of Paderborn and Drogo of Osnabrück. He died on February 14, 958. Migne calls him "blessed". It is also in listed in Elenchus - this source gives his feast day as December 16.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858 - 🎨 A detail of the Minden Cathedral altar picture)
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