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He attended to the bishop on his deathbed and ensured his burial in the church of the Norbertine Priory of Our Lady there, which Norbert had formed from the members of the cathedral chapter.
He attended to the bishop on his deathbed and ensured his burial in the church of the Norbertine Priory of Our Lady there, which Norbert had formed from the members of the cathedral chapter.
In 1134 he was made acting provost of the Priory of Gottesgnaden. In 1138 Evermode was elected as the provost of the Priory of Our Lady in Magdeburg. The evangelization of the Wendish population was a primary goal of his episcopacy, and he traveled around the diocese, preaching to the people in their native language.
Worn out by his labors, Evermode died in 1178, and was buried in the cathedral he had built.
He was succeeded by his fellow Norbertine, Isfrid. He is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg, which now covers that region, and in the Norbertine Order.
Evermode"s feast day is celebrated on 17 February.