Bruno (Or Brunon), Saint (3)
bishop OF WURTZBURG (Bruno Herbipolensis), was first cousin of the emperor Conrad II. His exemplary life entitled him to be numbered among the saints, and he became the special patron of eastern France. He died May 17, 1045. He wrote, Commentaria in Psalterium, et in Cantica tam Novi quam Veteris Testamenti; Item, in Orationem Dominicam, in Symbolum Apostolorumn et Athanasii: which, being revised by J. Cochlaeus, are found in the Bibliotheca Patrum (Lyons, 1677), volume 18. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Cave, Historia Literaria Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum; Possevinus, Apparatus Sacer; Trithemius, De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis; Hendreich, Pandectae Brandenburgicae; Diestel, Geschichte des Alten Testamentes in der christlichen Kirche (Jena, 1869), page 166 sq. (B.P.)
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