St. Conrad of Constance
Feast 11-26
Patron of
About
Conrad of Constance was a German bishop and saint of the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. As bishop of Constance he shepherded his flock with wisdom during a turbulent age of imperial politics and monastic reform, and was remembered for his generosity to the poor and his devotion to the liturgy. He was a friend and benefactor of the great monastery of Reichenau and supported the renewal of ecclesiastical discipline in Swabia. After a long and fruitful episcopate he died on November 26, and his cult was confirmed by popular veneration. He is honored as a model of pastoral zeal among the bishops of medieval Germany.
Suggested prayer
O God, who made St. Conrad of Constance a faithful shepherd of Your people and a patron of the Church in Germany, grant through his intercession that all bishops may govern with wisdom and charity. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
