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    Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. It became an independent principality...
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    libraries in the world. The library was founded by Saint Othmar, founder of the Abbey of St. Gall. During a fire in 937, the Abbey was destroyed, but...
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    capital of the canton of St. Gallen. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration...
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  • Catholic Church has canonized as saints. According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision. Many of the saints listed here are to be found...
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  • John II (bishop of Constance) (category Abbots of Saint Gall)
    of Saint Gall and of Reichenau and, from 760 to 782, was the Bishop of Constance. Initially, John was a monk at the Abbey of Reichenau. When Othmar was...
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  • Notker Physicus (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Notker Physicus (c. 900 – 12 November 975) was a monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall, active as a physician, painter, composer and poet. He is best known for...
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    a much shorter life of Saint Othmar, abbot of St. Gall (died 759). Walafrid's poetical works also include a short life of Saint Blathmac, a high-born monk...
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    Ettal Abbey (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Maurus II. Nuzinger, 1522–49 Placidus I. Gall, 1549–66 Nikolaus Streitl, 1566–90 Leonhard Hilpolt, 1590–1615 Othmar I. Goppelsrieder, 1615–37 Ignatius Rueff...
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    Ebringen (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    influence of the abbey of Saint Gall in today's Switzerland. In a record of 817 Talhausen is mentioned for the first time. About 868 St Gall got the full direct...
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    Theologie, Bd. 3. Freiburg im Breisgau: Lambertus-Verlag. [6] Melito, and Othmar Perler. 1966. Sur la Pâque et fragments. Sources Chrétiennes, 123. Paris:...
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