Saint Othmar

Saint

Othmar (or Otmar)

O.S.B.
Bornc. 689
supposedly near Saint Gallen, now in Switzerland
Diedc. 759 (aged 69-70)
Werd Island, Lake Constance, now in Switzerland
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized864, Constance, now in Germany by Solomon I, Bishop of Constance
Major shrineSaint Gallen
Feast16 November
AttributesCrozier and wine barrel
PatronageCity of Saint Gall (together with Saint Gallus)

Othmar, (also Audomar, c. 689 – c. 759) was a Medieval monk and priest. He served as the first abbot of the Abbey of St. Gall, a Benedictine monastery near where the city of St. Gallen, now in Switzerland, developed.


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