Sankt Gallen Abbey

SANKT GALLEN ABBEY

Country : Switzerland
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Order : Benedictan

Established : 747

Origin/meaning

The Abbey was founded in 747. Around 613 Gallus, according to tradition an Irish monk and disciple and companion of Saint Columbanus, established a hermitage on the site that would become the monastery. He lived in his cell until his death in 646, and was buried in Arbon. Afterwards, the people venerated him as a saint and prayed at his tomb for his intercession in times of danger. His symbol is a bear, which is also used as the arms of the Abbey.

The abbey was dissolved in 1805.

Arms of Abbots

• No image

  Berchtold von Falkenstein (1244–1272)

• No image

  Ulrich von Güttingen (1272–1277)

• No image

  Rumo von Ramstein (1274–1281)

• No image

  Wilhelm von Montfort (1281–1301)

• No image

  Heinrich von Ramstein (1301–1318)

• No image

  Hiltbold von Werstein (1318–1329)

• No image

  Rudolf von Montfort (1330–1333)

• No image

  Hermann von Bonstetten (1333–1360)

• No image

  Georg von Wildenstein (1360–1379)

• No image

  Kuno von Stoffeln (1379–1411)

• No image

  Heinrich von Gundelfingen (1411–141)

• No image

  Konrad von Pegau (1418–1419)

• No image

  Heinrich von Mansdorf (1419–1426)

• No image

  Eglolf Blarer (1426–1442)

• No image

  Kaspar von Breitenlandenberg (1442–1463)

• No image

  Ulrich Rösch (1463–1491)

• No image

  Gotthard Giel von Glattburg (1491–1504)

• No image

  Franz von Gaisberg (1504–1529)

• No image

  Kilian Germann (1529–1530)

• 

  Diethelm Blarer von Wartensee (1530–1564)

• No image

  Otmar Kunz (1564–1577)

• No image

  Joachim Opser (1577–1594)

• No image

  Bernhard Müller (1594–1630)

• No image

  Pius Reher (1630–1654)

• No image

  Gallus Alt (1654–1687)

• No image

  Coelestin Sfondrati (1687–1696)

• No image

  Leodegar Bürgisser (1696–1717)

• No image

  Joseph von Rudolfi (1717–1740)

• No image

  Coelestin Gugger von Staudach (1740–1767)

• 

  Beda Angehrn (1767–1796)

• No image

  Pankraz Vorster (1796–1805)

Literature :

---

This page is part of the

Ecclesiastical heraldry portal

Catholic heraldry Roman Catholic Arms of Popes Cardinals (2,112) Archdioceses (645) Archbishops (3,391) Dioceses (2,488) Bishops (10,168) and more Armenian Catholic Chaldean Catholic Coptic Catholic Ethiopian Catholic Hungarian Catholic Greek Catholic Maronite Catholic Ruthenian Catholic Syriac Catholic Syro-Malabar Catholic Syro-Malankara Catholic Liberal Catholic Old Catholic Free Catholic

Other Christian churches Anglican Churches Lutheran Churches Orthodox Churches Reformed Churches Unitarianism

Other Ecclesiastical heraldry per country Judaism Total pages in this section : 18,897 Total images in this section : 17,873