Emmeram of Regensburg

Emmeram of Regensburg
The Martyrdom of Emmeram, a woodcut from the incunabula of Steffen Arndes, Lübeck, 1484
Bishop and Martyr
Born	unknown Poitiers, France
Died	(652-09-22)22 September 652 Helfendorf (Munich)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized	1833, Regensburg by Pope Gregory XVI
Major shrine	St. Emmeram's Abbey, Regensburg, Germany
Feast	22 September
Attributes	carrying a ladder

Saint Emmeram of Regensburg (also Emeram(m)us, Emmeran, Emmerano, Emeran, Heimrammi, Haimeran, or Heimeran) was a Christian bishop and a martyr born in Poitiers, Aquitaine. Having heard of idolatry in Bavaria, Emmeram travelled to Ratisbon (Regensburg) some time after the year 649 to the court of Theodo I, Duke of Bavaria. He supposedly travelled up the Loire, crossed through the Black Forest and then followed the Danube to Regensburg. Theodo welcomed Emmeram to his court, where he laboured for three years carrying out missionary work. During this time, he gained a reputation as a pious man. He died circa 652 and is buried in St. Emmeram's in Regensburg, Germany. His feast day in the Catholic Calendar of saints is September 22.