Saint Bernward (c. 960 – 20 November 1022) was the Bishop of Hildesheim from 993, until his death in 1022. Bernward came from a Saxon noble family and studied at the cathedral school of Hildesheim. From 977, he served as a scribe and chronicler at the court of Otto II and Theophanu and then from 987/88-993, he and the future Pope Sylvester II were in charge of the young Emperor Otto III.