Late medieval figure of Saint Pirmin at Murbach Abbey
Born
700 somewhere in Spain
Died
(753-11-03)November 3, 753 Hornbach, Germany
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Church?[citation needed]
Feast
November 3
Relic in Speyer Cathedral.
Saint Pirmin (latinized Pirminius, born before 700 (c. 670 according to many sources[1]), died November 3, 753 in Hornbach),[2] was a Merovingian-era monk and missionary.
He founded or restored numerous monasteries in Alemannia (Swabia), especially in the Alsace, along the Upper Rhine and in the Lake Constance region.
^"Saint Pirmin". 11 October 2009.
^Old, Hughes Oliphant (1998). "3". The reading and preaching of the scriptures in the worship of the Christian church. Wm. Eerdmans. pp. 137–40. ISBN 978-0-8028-4619-8.
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