{"id":6569,"date":"2024-07-13T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/st-henry-ii-the-german-king-who-became-patron-of-the-benedictine-oblates\/"},"modified":"2024-07-13T10:00:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T10:00:42","slug":"st-henry-ii-the-german-king-who-became-patron-of-the-benedictine-oblates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/st-henry-ii-the-german-king-who-became-patron-of-the-benedictine-oblates\/","title":{"rendered":"San Enrique II, el rey alem\u00e1n que se convirti\u00f3 en patr\u00f3n de los oblatos benedictinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] Source The Regensburger Domspatzen, a choir based at Regensburg Cathedral in Bavaria, Germany. \/ Credit: Bistum Regensburg On July 13, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Henry II, the German king who led and defended Europe\u2019s Roman Empire at the beginning of the first millennium.&nbsp;Henry was born in 973 to Henry the Duke of Bavaria and Princess Gisela of Burgundy in the village of Hildesheim, Bavaria. 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During his youth, he received both an education and spiritual guidance\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-6569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68597,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/bavarian-city-backs-down-on-buffer-zone-banning-prayer-at-abortion-clinic\/","url_meta":{"origin":6569,"position":0},"title":"Bavarian city backs down on \u2018buffer zone\u2019 banning prayer at abortion clinic","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"febrero 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pro-life advocates participate in a prayer procession in Regensburg, Germany. \/ Credit: ADF International Regensburg, Germany, Nov 7, 2025 \/ 10:00 am (CNA). 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Readers who find this story through a search engine are probably looking for information about Hedwig, Harry Potter\u2019s snowy owl.But Hedwig of Silesia was not an owl \u2014 she was a princess, wife, mother, and builder of bridges between the German and Polish people. (Her husband\u2019s name was \"Henry the Bearded.\u201d) She was canonized a saint in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1729956614_Hedwig_of_S.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1729956614_Hedwig_of_S.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1729956614_Hedwig_of_S.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1729956614_Hedwig_of_S.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9114,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/henry-name-biblical-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":6569,"position":2},"title":"What Does the Name Henry Mean Spiritually?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"septiembre 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Explore the name Henry's rich history, meaning, and Christian significance as a \"house ruler\" and its inspiring figures.","rel":"","context":"En \u00abBible Study\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Bible Study","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/bible-study\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00404.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00404.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00404.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00404.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56046,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/never-again-second-class-people-german-bishops-defend-life-amid-high-court-controversy\/","url_meta":{"origin":6569,"position":3},"title":"\u2018Never again second-class people:\u2019 German bishops defend life amid high court controversy","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"julio 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bishops Rudolf Voderholzer and Stefan Oster \/ Credit: Diocese of Regensburg \/ Diocese of Passau CNA Newsroom, Jul 10, 2025 \/ 09:30 am (CNA). Amid a heated debate over appointments to Germany\u2019s constitutional court, two Bavarian bishops have issued an urgent call to uphold human life and dignity, warning \u201cthere must never again be second-class people\u201d in Germany as the country faces a contentious parliamentary vote. 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Pope Leo XIV has declared St. John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church, recognizing the English cardinal and theologian\u2014one of the most influential converts from Anglicanism\u2014as a towering figure of faith and intellect in modern Catholicism.The declaration took place at the beginning of Mass for the Solemnity of\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pope Leo XIV Declares St. John Henry Newman Doctor of the Church","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pope-Leo-XIV-Declares-St.-John-Henry-Newman-Doctor-of-the-Church.webp?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pope-Leo-XIV-Declares-St.-John-Henry-Newman-Doctor-of-the-Church.webp?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pope-Leo-XIV-Declares-St.-John-Henry-Newman-Doctor-of-the-Church.webp?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pope-Leo-XIV-Declares-St.-John-Henry-Newman-Doctor-of-the-Church.webp?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pope-Leo-XIV-Declares-St.-John-Henry-Newman-Doctor-of-the-Church.webp?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2021-06-17-08.48.13.png?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1","mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6569"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=6569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}