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About St. Meinrad
c. 797 – 861 · Feast January 21 · Hermit / Benedictine / Martyr
German Benedictine hermit and martyr (c. 797-861), monk of Reichenau who became a hermit on the Etzel Pass; killed by two robbers expecting to find treasure. The hermitage he had built grew into the great abbey of Einsiedeln, one of Europe's most-visited Marian shrines. Pre-Congregation.
St. Meinrad is the patron saint of Switzerland, Hospitality, Einsiedeln and Hermits.
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