SAINT
saint-othmar
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Othmar, was a Medieval monk and priest. He served as the first abbot of the Abbey of St. Gall, a Benedictine monastery near where the city of St. Gallen, now in Switzerland, developed.
feast Day
11-16
patronages
- City of Saint Gall (together with Saint Gallus)
birth Date
689
death Date
759 (aged 69-70)
canonization Status
venerable
canonization Date
864
canonized By
Solomon I, Bishop of Constance
feast Month
11
feast Day Of Month
16