Bruno I of Meissen (died in or shortly after 1065) was

Bishop of Meissen The Bishop of Dresden-Meissen is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen in the ecclesiastical Province of Berlin. The diocese covers an area of and was erected as the Diocese of Meissen on 24 June 1921. The name was ch ...

from 1046 to 1065. The existence of Bishop Bruno I is supported by only three documents, deeds of gift from

Wilhelm IV of Weimar Wilhelm may refer to: People and fictional characters * William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm" * Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Other uses * Wilhe ...

, who was

Margrave of Meissen This article lists the margraves of Margraviate of Meissen, Meissen, a March (territorial entity), march and territorial state on the eastern border of the Holy Roman Empire. History King Henry the Fowler, on his 928–29 campaign against the S ...

until 1062.Eduard Machatschek: ''Geschichte der Bischöfe des Hochstiftes Meissen in chronologischer Reihenfolge (...)'', pp. 55-60. Dresden 1884 Most of the earlier bishops of Meissen are poorly documented. Different chroniclers have given different lists of them and thus made it more difficult to establish an accurate chronology. A Bishop Meinward was included in earlier chronologies between

Eido II Eido II (also noted as Aico, Ido, Egidius, Aigo, Eiko or Heiko; died 1045 or 1046), was Bishop of Meissen from 1040 to 1045 or 1046. Bishop Eido II is documented solely in the context of a gift by Emperor Henry III to the bishopric of Meissen, at ...

and Bruno I, but Meinward has been shown to be nothing more than a misplaced transcription error for Bishop Reinward (1140–1150); Bruno thus succeeded Eido directly.

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Roman Catholic bishops of Meissen 1065 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub