Christian II (archbishop of Mainz) Christian II (archbishop of Mainz) Christian II ("c".1185 – 21 November 1253), also called Christian von Weisenau and Christian von Bolanden, was the archbishop of Mainz from 1249 to 1251. He belonged a respected local family of Weißenau, descended from the "ministeriales" of Bolanden and related to the lords of Eppstein. His parents' names are unknown, but his grandparents were Dudo and Gisela and his brothers were Dudo and Embricho. Christian first emerges as the provost of the collegiate church of Saint Victor in Mainz, and then progressively as cantor, dean and provost of the cathedral chapter of Mainz. After
The Venerable very often called "the Venerable Bede" despite having been canonized in 1899. This is also the honorific used for hermits of the Carthusian Order, in place of the usual term of "Reverend". In the Anglican Communion, "The Venerable" (abbreviated as "the Ven.") is the style usually given to an archdeacon. In the Orthodox Church the term "Venerable" is commonly used as the English-language translation of the title given to monastic saints (Greek: "Hosios", Church Slavonic: "Prepodobni"; both Greek and Church Slavonic forms are masculinum). A monastic saint who was martyred for the Orthodox faith is referred to as "Venerable Martyr".