Saint Gall or Gallus (c. 550 - c. 646) was an Irish disciple and one of the traditionally twelve companions of Saint Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent and established themselves with him at first at Luxeuil in Gaul. In 610, he accompanied Columbanus on his voyage up the Rhine River to Bregenz but when in 612 Columbanus traveled on to Italy from Bregenz, Gall had to remain behind due to illness and was nursed at Arbon. He remained in Swabia, where, with several companions, he led the life of a hermit to the west of Bregenz, near the source of the river Steinach in cells. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2175x2878, 2910 KB) Description: Kirche St. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2175x2878, 2910 KB) Description: Kirche St. ... Events End of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and beginning of the Northern Qi Dynasty in northern China. ... Events Byzantines reconquer Alexandria from the Muslims. ... Saint Columbanus (543 - 21 November 615; also Columban), was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries on the European continent and therefore as an exemplar of Irish missionary activity in early medieval Europe. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... Luxeuil-les-Bains is a town and commune of eastern France, in the Haute-Saône département. ... Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (Latin Gallia, Greek Galatia) was the region of Western Europe occupied by present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... Events October 4 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. ... Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (Dutch Rijn, French Rhin, German Rhein, Italian: Reno, Romansch: Rein, ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... Bregenz is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost federal state of Austria. ... Events Saint Columbanus moves to Italy to establish the monastery of Bobbio (approximate date). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sonneberg is a Kreis (district) in the south of Thuringia, Germany. ...

He died around 646-650 in Arbon, and his feast celebrated on 16 October. Events Arab conquest of Persia, establishment of Islam as state religion Hindu empire in Sumatra Croats and Serbs occupy Bosnia Khazars conquer Great Bulgarian Empire in southern Russia building of St. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ...

After his death a small church was erected which developed into the Abbey of St. Gall, the nucleus of the Canton of St. Gallen in eastern Switzerland the first abbot of which was Saint Otmar. The monastery was freed from its dependence of the bishop of Constance and Emperor Louis the Pious made it an imperial institution. The "Abbey of St. Gall", (not from the name of its founder and first abbot, but of the saint who had lived in this place and whose relics were honoured there) the monastery and especially its celebrated scriptorium played an illustrious part in Catholic and intellectual history until it was secularized in 1798. Abbey of St. ... St. ... Monastery of St. ... Konstanz (in English formerly known as Constance) is a university town of around 80,000 inhabitants at the eastern end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. ... Louis the Pious, contemporary depiction from 826 as a miles Christi (soldier of Christ), with a poem of Rabanus Maurus overlaid. ... Abbots coat of arms The word abbot, meaning father, has been used as a Christian clerical title in various, mainly monastic, meanings. ... A relic is an object, especially a piece of the body or a personal item of someone of religious significance, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial, Relics are an important aspect of Buddhism, some denominations of Christianity, Hinduism, shamanism, and many other personal belief systems. ... A Scriptorium was a room or building, usually within a Christian monastery where, during medieval times, manuscripts were written. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

From as early as the 9^th century a series of fantastically embroidered Lives of Saint Gall were circulated. Prominent was the story in which Gall delivered Fridiburga from the demon by which she was possessed. Fridiburga was the betrothed of Sigebert II, King of the Franks, who had granted an estate at Arbon (which belonged to the royal treasury) to Gall so that he might found a monastery there. Another popular story about Gall has it that, at the command of the saint, a bear brought wood to feed the fire which Gall and his companions had kindled in the forest. As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... St. ... Sigebert II can refer to: Sigebert II of the East Saxons, a seventh century ruler of Essex Sigebert II of Austrasia and Burgundy, an early seventh century Frankish ruler This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For other uses, see Franks (disambiguation). ...

The fragmentary oldest Life was recast in the 9^th century by two monks of Reichenau, enlarged in 816-824 by the celebrated Wettinus, and about 833/884 by Walafrid Strabo, who also revised a book of the miracles of the saint. Other works ascribed to Walafrid tell of Saint Gall in prose and verse. Alternate uses: Reichenau island Reichenau is a village in the municipality of Tamins in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, where the two Rhine tributaries Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein meet. ... Events Frankish king Louis the Pious crowned emperor. ... Events Iñigo Arista revolts against the Franks and establishes the kingdom of Navarre (approximate date). ... Wettinus Augiensis (Wettin of Reichenau) was a 9th century monk. ... Events End of the reign of caliph Al-Mamun Nimmyo succeeds Junna as emperor of Japan Creation of Great Moravia Births Deaths October 10 - al-Mamun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad Categories: 833 ... Events May 15 - Pope Marinus I dies. ... Walafrid (also Walahfrid), surnamed Strabo (or Strabus, i. ...

External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Saint Gall