ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 2nd of August WELCOME! SAINT GUNZO, BISHOP OF EICHSTÄTT Gundechar II, the 18th bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria [South Germany], also known as Gunzo, Gundekar, Gundecar, Gundakar, Gundacker, Gundecard, Guntacar , French: Gondechar , was born - according to his own statement on the feast of St Lawrence (August 10) in the year 1019, in the very year of the death of Gundekar I. , the 13th bishop of Eichstätt. HIS BACKGROUND Since Gunzo, who in his humility only describes himself as a "sinner", does not give any details about his origins, we do not know anything about his family but that his father was called Reginher, his mother Irmingart, and his sister Tuta; for in his pontificale their names are given with their days of death on July 7, October 21 and November 21. However, as he spent some time at the court of Emperor Henry (Heinrich III) and enjoyed his unlimited trust, and moreover was the court chaplain and counselo...