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in it or over it. This refers to a story that once when he was celebrating mass a spider fell into the chalice. Spiders were believed at that time to be deadly poisonous, but Conrad nevertheless drank the
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It is counted as one of his achievements that he avoided becoming enmeshed in the politics of the day and reserved his energies for his episcopal duties. He was nevertheless close to
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His remembrance as a role model for courage was entirely due to the efforts of Bishop Ulrich I of Dillingen, Bishop of Constance (1111–1127). The
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well as a number to Rome. He founded a number of churches on the episcopal estates and the hospital at
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Adriaan Breukelaar (1992). "Konrad von Konstanz". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.).
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Saint Conrad is sometimes represented as a bishop holding a chalice with a
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represented as a bishop holding a chalice with a spider in it or over it.
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This article is about the saint. For the bishop from 1208 to 1233, see
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which Conrad brought back from Jerusalem and presented to it.
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of Conrad was written in about 1120 by Udalschalk, a monk of
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Copper plate showing Saint Conrad. From the crypt of
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Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
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Konrad von Tegerfelden

Cathedral of Konstanz
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Canonized
First Lateran Council
Pope Callixtus II
Feast
Attributes
German
Latin
bishop
saint
Welf
Altdorf
Constance
Constance Cathedral
Bishop of Constance
Emperor Otto I
Jerusalemas
Kreuzlingen
True Cross
St. Ulrich's and St. Afra's Abbey, Augsburg
First Lateran Council
spider
Blood of Christ
Cultural depictions of spiders
Portals
Biography

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