Saint Eigil

Also known as

• Aegilius

Memorial

• 17 December

Profile

Benedictine monk. Abbot of the monastery in Fulda, Germany in 817, a house that was in decline. He restored the community, and trained his successor, Saint Rabanus Maurus.

Died

• 822 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Eigil”. Saints.SQPN.com. 16 December 2010. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-eigil/>