Saint Erminold of Prüfening
- Memorial
- 6 January
- Profile
- Consecrated to God as a small child at the abbey of Hirschau, Germany.
Educated 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 a house in Prüfening, Germany in 1114; he became its abbot in 1117.
Killed by a lay-brother of the community.
Mistakenly described as a martyr on many lists.
- Born
- 11th century Germany
- Died
- in 1121 at Prüfening, Germany by being hit with a piece of timber
- Translate
-
español | français | deutsch | italiano | português
