ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 16th of June WELCOME! POPPO, ARCHBISHOP OF TRIER The son of Leopold I. of Austria and his wife Richardis, Poppo of Babenberg was born c. 986. He was educated in Regensburg and appointed by the Emperor Henry II. in 1007 to be the first provost of his new cathedral at Bamberg. When the Archbishop Megingod died in 1015, Henry nominated Poppo to be his successor in Trier [Treves]. He was consecrated by Erkanbald, Archbishop of Mainz, later in 1016 he was confirmed by Pope Benedict VIII. Between 1028 and 1030, he travelled with the monk Simeon of Trier (Symeon) to the Holy Land. Later, Poppo had the monk buried in the Porta Nigra and on his word Pope Benedict IX canonised him. From 1037 to his death, Poppo was occupied extending Trier Cathedral westward. While inspecting construction on June 16, 1047, Poppo died. He was buried in the church of Saint Symeon in Trier, which he had founded. During World War II, his grave ...