alms to the poor and sent alms to priests to distribute to the poor. Heribert died on 16 March 1021 in his archdiocese and was buried at his convent church after their transferral on 30 August 1147. Heribert contracted a fever while on a pastoral visitation and hurried back to Cologne to recover where he died within the week. Canonization Heribert was honoured as a saint during his lifetime and was canonized in about 1075. His reported miracles included ending a drought; he is thus invoked for beneficial rains. His relics were kept in the convent church at Deutz in a golden casket which is now preserved in the parish church of "Neu-St.Heribert" in Köln-Deutz. References External links Catholic Online Catholic Hierarchy Santi e Beati 970s births 1021 deaths Year of birth uncertain 11th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Holy Roman Empire 11th-century Christian saints Archbishops of Cologne German Roman Catholic saints Medieval German saints People from Worms, Germany