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Cathedral of St Gall
The Cathedral of Saint Gall
Kathedrale St. Gallen
View of the former abbey
Map
47°25′23″N 9°22′38″E / 47.42306°N 9.37722°E / 47.42306; 9.37722
LocationSt. Gallen
CountrySwitzerland
DenominationCatholic
WebsiteWebsite of the Cathedral
History
StatusActive
Founded8th century
Architecture
Functional statusCathedral
Heritage designationUNESCO World Heritage Site
StyleBaroque
Specifications
Number of domes1
Number of spires2
Spire height68 m (223 ft)[1]
Administration
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen
Clergy
Bishop(s)Markus Büchel
UNESCO World Heritage Site
CriteriaCultural: ii, iv
Reference268
Inscription1983 (7th Session)
Abbey Cathedral of St. Gall

The Abbey of Saint Gall (German: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. It became an independent principality between 9th and 13th centuries, and was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. The library of the Abbey is one of the oldest monastic libraries in the world.[2]

The city of St. Gallen originated as an adjoining settlement of the abbey. The abbey was secularized around 1800, and in 1848 its former church became St. Gallen Cathedral, the seat of the Diocese of Saint Gallen. Since 1983 the abbey precinct has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  1. ^ "Federal Office of Culture". Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "Codices Electronici Sangallenses-Description". Archived from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2008-04-23.

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in several places, in the Reichenau Abbey up to 939 (continued by Hermannus Contractus), in Abbey of Saint Gall up to 926. The St. Gallen version was...

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perfect square, against the south flank of the new church, precisely as in the plan of the 8th-century Abbey of Saint Gall (Horn 1973:44, figs 43ab, 45). When...

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of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 984 to 990. Not much is known about Ulrich. In 956/57, he possibly held the office of Hospitarius. He became abbot of...

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was bishop of the Bishopric of Konstanz from 811 to 838/39 and abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 812 to 816. Wolfleoz became Bishop of Konstanz after...

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Lutold of Saint Gall

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of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 1077 to about 1083. Nothing is known about his life before and after his work in Saint Gall. In the oldest lists of abbots...

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Hartmann of Saint Gall

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abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Gall. Hartmann was elected abbot in 922. He was the successor to Abbot Solomon III, following one year of interregnum...

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Ratpert of Saint Gall

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Ratpert of St Gallen (c. 855 - c. 911) was a scholar, writer, chronicler and poet at the Abbey of Saint Gall. He wrote in Medieval Latin and in Old High...

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Alaholfings

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needed] founded Marchtal Abbey as a proprietary monastery in the mid-8th century. His descendants gave it to the Abbey of Saint Gall in 776. In modern scholarship...

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Tuotilo

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Tuotilo (died 27 April 915) was a Frankish monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall. He was a composer, and according to Ekkehard IV a century later, also a poet...

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Appenzell

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Wiborada

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Hatto to decide to become a monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall, a decision which Wiborada supported. After the death of their parents, Wiborada joined Hatto...

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Diethelm Blarer von Wartensee

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Anno of Saint Gall

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Anno of Saint Gall (died 1 December 954) was anti-abbot to Craloh in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Gall. Anno is not attestable in documents before his...

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Classical music

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existed at the Abbey of Saint Gall, the Abbey of Saint Martial and Saint Emmeram's Abbey, while the 11th century saw the development of staff notation...

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Hartmut of Saint Gall

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after 905 in Saint Gall) was abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall. Hartmut (Old High German "of powerful courage and spirit"), was monk, pupil of Rabanus Maurus...

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Bernard of Saint Gall

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List of World Heritage Sites in Switzerland

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sites were added to the list in 1983: Old City of Berne, Abbey of Saint Gall, and Benedictine Abbey of St. John at Müstair. The most recent addition were...

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Isambart

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donations to the Abbey of Saint Gall. He was Greve, Comte, of Altorf and Master of the Palace. His wife was Thiedrada (Thietrate), of Carolingian origin...

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