Saint Beatus of Lungern
- Also known as
- Apostle of Switzerland
- Memorial
- 9 May
- Profile
- Convert, baptized in England by Saint Barnabas.
Priest, ordained in Rome by Saint Peter the Apostle.
Missionary to Switzerland.
Lived in a cave above the Lake of Thun, which tradition says is where he fought a dragon, and which became a place of pilgrimage in later years.
Confessor of the faith.
- Died
- c.112 on Mount Beatenburg, Lake of Thun, Switzerland of natural causes;
after the Reformation his cultus was transferred to the chapel at Lungern, Obwalden
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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