Benno of Meissen
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Benno was named Bishop of Meissen in 1066. Venerated since the 13th century, he was canonized in 1523. Benno did much for his diocese, both by ecclesiastical reforms on the Hildebrandine model and by
Painting by Johann Michael Rottmayr, 1702 Alte Pinakothek, Munich
St Benno depicted with a fish in hand, two keys between its gills (stained glass from the Church of Saint Benno in Munich)
Margravate of Meissen
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The Margraviate of Meissen was a medieval margraviate in central regions of the modern German state of Saxony. It was named after the city of Meissen, on the Elbe river. It was created in the 10th cen
March of Meissen (green) in the year 1185
Meissen, with Albrechtsburg and Cathedral
Establishment of Meissen among Polaban Slavic tribes in the 10th century