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Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch

detail of a bas-relief plaque on a memorial of Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch; date and artist unknown; photographed on August 2009 by Donaulustig; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Memorial

17 January
27 January on some calendars

Profile

Born to a wealthy family, and may have been a member of the nobility. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. Parish priest in Michaelsbuch, Germany for over 50 years. Founded the Benedictine Metten Abbey in Bavaria, Germany. Uncle of its first abbot, Blessed Utto of Metten.

Born

720 in Bavaria (in modern Germany)

c.802 of natural causes

25 August 1909 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)

Michaelsbuch, Germany

Representation

priest surrounded by birds
pilgrim surrounded by birds

Additional Information

Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Saints and Their Attributes, by Helen Roeder

other sites in english
- Catholic Online
- Wikipedia

images
- Digitaler Portrait Index
- Wikimedia Commons

webseiten auf deutsch

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Santi e Beati
- Wikipedia

nettsteder i norsk
- Den katolske kirke

Readings

Such was his kindness of heart, that he used to buy the little birds caught by the peasants, in order to set them free. He never allowed his servants to work in the fields or woods, if bad weather threatened. He valued, above everything, peace and concord, and kept the peace among his parishioners as far as he possibly could. – from “The Little Bollandists” by Monsignor Paul Guérin, 1882

MLA Citation

“Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 January 2024. Web. 23 April 2024. <>