ERCHANBERT, ABBOT OF ALTAICH - 27 JUNE

 

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VENERABLE ERCHANBERT, ABBOT OF ALTAICH

Venerable Erchanbert (Erchanbertus) was praised by Emperor Otto III because of his excellent qualities. At the insistence of Bishop Wolfgang of Regensburg [Ratisbon] and Bishop Pilgrinus of Passau Erchanbert was transferred to the Altaich monastery near Straubing, where he became abbot. As such he won Saint Godard [Saint  Gotthard] for the Rule of Saint Benedict, resigned his position as head of the monastery in favour of him and completed his godly life as a simple monk. (Buc. Suppl.)

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1861, p. 79)

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