EPPO, ABBOT - 12 FEBRUARY

 

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EPPO, ABBOT 

Eppo, remembered on February 12), was a 12th century abbot in a monastery of the diocese of Salzburg. He is mentioned in the life of Bishop Saint Eberhard of Salzburg [Everard of Salzburg] as a man distinguished by his gift of prophecy. The name of his monastery is not specified. 

A MAN DISTINGUISHED BY HIS GIFT OF PROPHECY

The hagiographer Bucelin knows of an Eppo, who was abbot in a monastery not far Prüfing near Regensburg around the year 1146. According to this source, Eppo was friends with St Eberhard, a monk from Prüfing, who later was the abbot of Biburg near Ingolstadt, and finally became archbishop of Salzburg. He mentioned him on February 7 and called him a "holy man." This seems to be one and the same with the above. In the Benedictine Martyrology, Menard gives him the title "Blessed".

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)

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