ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 23rd of January WELCOME! BERNARD, BISHOP OF LIHULA Bernard (Bernhard, Bernardus ), Count of Lippe, became a Cistercian monk in 1185 and later bishop of Lihula in Liefland (Livonia), today's Estonia. He contributed immensely to the spread of the gospel, and is therefore called the apostle of Livonia. Also known as Bernhard II, he was the son of Hermann I zur Lippe , lord of the Lippe estate, who died in 1167. The noblemen of Lippe, Hermann I and his brother Bernhard I, are first mentioned in 1123. Their headquarters was the Hermelinghof manor , which was located in the area of what later became the city of Lippstadt, Westphalia, Germany. In 1139, Hermann and his brother founded a monastery for Premonstratensian women in Cappel. After Bernhard's death in 1158, Hermann took over his territory. He was a loyal follower of Henry the Lion. He also owed his rise to him: he became bailiff of the monastery he founded ...