Bruno (died 1029) was the son of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria

Henry II, Duke of Bavaria

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 (the Wrangler or Quarrelsome) and Gisela of Burgundy

Gisela of Burgundy

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. He was the brother of St. Henry II

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

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 of Germany

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, the only Holy Roman

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 Emperor

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 to be made a saint

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. Bruno was Bishop of Augsburg

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 from 1006 or 1007 until 1029.

Bruno of Augsburg lived at a time when Christianity

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 was still making inroads into various parts of Europe

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. As a bishop

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, he encouraged his kinsman St. Stephen's efforts to convert rebellious pagans

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 to the new faith. Curiously, as a member of the Ottonian

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 dynasty he was considered a descendant of Widukind

Widukind

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, the ferocious and final pagan king of Old Saxony

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 who had fought long and hard against Charlemagne

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 during the late 8th century to prevent the forced conversion of his people to Christianity.

At one time Bishop Bruno was proposed to have been father of Agatha

Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile

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, wife of Edward the Exile

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 and the grandfather of another saint: Saint Margaret of Scotland

Saint Margaret of Scotland

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, but this solution to Agatha's parentage has passed out of favour.