Saint Rasso of Grafrath

Also known as

• Ratho of Grafrath

Memorial

• 17 May

Profile

Born to the German nobility, he became a Count (Graf). As a soldier, he fought invading Hungarians. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands and then to Rome, Italy. Returning home, he founded a Benedictine monastery and entered it as a monk; the area around the house became known as Grafrath in his honor.

Born

• Bavaria, Germany

Died

• 953

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Rasso of Grafrath”. Saints.SQPN.com. 16 May 2010. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-rasso-of-grafrath/>