Saint Henry II ( 972 â `` 13 July 1024 ) , called the Holy or the Saint , was the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty . Henry II ( 6 May 973 -- 13 July 1024 ) , called the Holy or the Saint , was the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Ottonian dynasty , from his coronation in Rome in 1014 until his death a decade later .