Saint Sola

Memorial
3 December
Profile
No information of his early life has survived, and the first we hear of Sola he is a monk in England. Immigrated to Germany where he became a spiritual student of Saint Boniface. Ordained by Boniface. Hermit near Fulda and later at Eichstaat. At each place he attracted would be students. At Eichstaat there were so many who stayed that Sola founded the abbey of Solnhofen for them; he spent the rest of his life there.
Born
8th century England
Died
3 December 794 at Solnhofen abbey of natural causes
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Additional Information
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
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