Saint Megingaud of Würzburg

Also known as

• Megingoz of Würzburg
• Mengold of Würzburg

Memorial

• 16 March

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Benedictine monk at the monastery of Fritzlar, Germany, in 738. Teacher at the abbey school. Abbot at Fritzlar. Bishop of Würzburg, Germany c.754. In 787 he retired to Neustadt abbey to spend his last days as a prayerful monk.

Born

• Frankish

Died

• 794 at the abbey of Neustadt, Germany 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, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Megingaud of Würzburg”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 March 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-megingaud-of-wurzburg/>