Saints celebrated on the 24th of June
EGILHARD, ABBOT
Egilhard (Egilhardus), eighth abbot of the monastery of Saint Cornelius near Aachen [Germany], was killed by the Normans in Berchheim, a village near Cleves [Kleve] in the year 881. Some hagiographers assign to him the title "blessed".
Egilhard is also remembered on May 25.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, pp. 19-20)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
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