Saint Erminold of Prüfening

Memorial

• 6 January

Profile

Consecrated to God as a small child at the abbey of Hirschau, Germany. Educated by and professed as a Benedictine monk at the abbey. Abbot in Lorsch, Germany in 1110. Fearing his appointment had been bought, he resigned and returned to Hirschau. First prior of Prüfening Abbey near Regensburg, Germany in 1114; he became its abbot in 1117. Killed by a lay-brother of the community for what the killer saw as excessive strictness. Mistakenly described on some lists as a martyr.

Born

• 11th century Germany

Died

• in 1121 at Prüfening Abbey, Germany by being hit with a piece of timber

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Erminold of Prüfening“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 January 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>