Meissen
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Meissen is a town of approximately 30,000 inhabitants, situated about 25 km north‑west of Dresden and 75 km west of Bautzen, on both banks of the River Elbe in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Ger
Meissen Albrechtsburg und Dom 2017
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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)