A portrait of St. Virgil of Salzburg
St. Virgil of Salzburg
c. 700 – 27 November 784
Feast
November 27 · VIII c.
Patron of
Salzburg · Slovenes · Astronomers, traditional
Order
Bishop / Missionary
Irish-Frankish bishop (c. 700-784), abbot of Iona-trained "Fergil," missionary at Salzburg under Pippin; Bishop of Salzburg from 767. Disputed with St. Boniface over the validity of baptism using a faulty Latin formula and over the existence of the antipodes (Virgil's view, Boniface's challenge). Apostle of Carinthia. Canonized 1233 by Gregory IX.
Life & Times
Born: c. 700 · Died: 27 November 784 · From: Ireland / Salzburg, Austria.
Patronage
St. Virgil of Salzburg is invoked as the patron of salzburg, slovenes, astronomers, traditional. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
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