Blessed Notkar Balbulus

Also known as: Notker Balbulus
Memorial: 7 May
(formerly 6 April)
Profile: Benedictine monk. Priest. Poet. Musician. Teacher. Writer. Historian. Hagiographer; wrote a martyrology, a collection of legends, and a metrical biography of Saint Gall. Friend of Saint Tutilo.
Born: c.840 at Elgg, Switzerland
Died: 8 April 912 at Saint Gall, Switzerland; relics interred under the altar in the church of Saint Gall
Beatified: 1512 by Pope Julius II (cultus confirmed)
Patronage: musicians
stammering children
Representation: book
staff
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