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The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The 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 between 9th and 13th centuries, and was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. The library of the Abbey is one of the oldest monastic libraries in the world.
The St. Gallus Chapel is a chapel within the abbey complex of Saint Gall.
Notker was the abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 971 to 975. Notker was recommended for the office of abbot by his predecessor Purchart I. His election occurred on 18 May 971. He was the nephew of Abbot Thieto and Abbot Craloh as well as of Notker the Physician.
Hartmann was abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Gall.
Craloh was abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Gall from 942 to 958. During his time in office, the first anti-abbot was elected.
Anno of Saint Gall was anti-abbot to Craloh in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Gall.
Purchart was abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1001 to 1022.
Thietpald was abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1022 to 1034.
Lutold was counter-abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1077 to about 1083. Nothing is known about his life before and after his work in Saint Gall. In the oldest lists of abbots, Lutold is missing.
Werinhar was counter-abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1083 to 1086. Nothing is known about his life before and after his work in Saint Gall. He is documented neither in the obituary of Saint Gall nor in that of Reichenau.
Heinrich von Twiel was counter-abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1121 to 1122.
Manegold von Mammern was abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1121 to 1133. He descended from a noble family from the area around Untersee. He is documented for the years 1125 and 1126.
Heinrich von Mansdorf was abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1419 to 1426.
Georg von Wildenstein was abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1360 to 1379.
Joachim Opser was abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1577 until 1594.
Pius Reher was abbot of the benedictine monastery of Saint Gall and prince-abbot of the Princely Abbey of Saint Gall from 1630 until 1654.
Gallus Jakob Alt was prince-abbot of Saint Gall from 1654 until 1687.
Hiltbold von Werstein was abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1318 until 1329 and in his capacity as domkustos, also librarian of the Abbey Library.
Heinrich von Wartenberg was anti-abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1272 until 1274.
Engilbert II was a Benedictine monk and scribe of the abbey of Saint Gall. He served as abbot between 925 and 933.
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- ↑ St. Gallen (Galluskapelle) on sanktgallus.net, last accessed 7 December 2019.
