Saint Eigil
- Also known as
- Aegilius
- Memorial
- 17 December
- Profile
- Benedictine monk.
Abbot of the monastery in Fulda, Germany in 817, a house that was in decline.
He restored the community, and trained his successor, Saint Rabanus Maurus.
- Died
- 822 of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
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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