Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch

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)

Died

• c.802 of natural causes

Beatified

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

Representation

• priest surrounded by birds
• pilgrim surrounded by birds

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirchenlexicon
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch”. Saints.SQPN.com. 27 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-gamelbert-of-michaelsbuch/>