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Also known as

• Meinolf
• Meinolfo
• Meinolfus
• Meinulf
• Meinulfus
• Meinulphus
• Meinuph
• Meinulfo

Memorial

• 5 October

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Born to the nobility; his godfather was Charlemagne. Educated at the cathedral school of Paderborn, Germany. Archdeacon of Paderborn in 836. Priest. Noted preacher and evangelist. Founded the convent of Böddeken in Westphalia, Germany; legend says that abbey site was a place where Meinulph saw a stag with a cross in its antlers.

Born

• c.795

Died

• 5 October 857 in Böddeken, Germany of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
• in Germany
  • Paderborn, city of
  • Paderborn Cathedral

Representation

• with a stag with a cross in its antlers
• carrying a model of Böddeken monastery
• deacon with a church in his hand and Saint Hubert‘s stag at his feet

MLA Citation

• “Saint Meinulph“. CatholicSaints.Info. 9 February 2024. Web. 23 April 2024. <>