Saint Emmeramus

Also known as

• Haimhramm

Memorial

• 22 September

Profile

Preacher in Bavaria, Germany. Abbot of a monastery in Regensburg, Germany. Bishop of Regensburg. Murdered on the road on his way to Rome, Italy. He is honoured as a martyr in some areas, but his killers may have just been highway robbers.

Born

• Poitiers, France

Died

• killed c.690
• relics in the monastery in Regensburg, Germany

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Emmeramus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 21 September 2010. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-emmeramus/>