ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 8th of August WELCOME! SAINT ALTMANN OF PASSAU, BISHOP [Several sources list Altmann as a saint, although he seems not to have been canonised. This article refers to him as "Blessed Altmann"] The friend of Gregory VII and Anselm, conspicuous in the contest of the Guelphs and Ghibellines, as Bishop of Passau and Papal Legate. HE WAS CHAPLAIN OF THE COURT OF HENRY III He was born at Paderborn about the beginning of the eleventh century, presided over the school there, was chaplain at the court of Henry III, and then became Bishop of Passau. HE WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS CARE OF THE POOR The Bollandists find that, because of these successive occupations, it is impossible to make him out a Benedictine monk. As a bishop he was famous for his care of the poor, his vigour in the reformation of relaxed monasteries, the building of new ones, and the splendour with which he invested divine worship - Henry IV himself contri...