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BL. HERMANN, HERMIT - 3 SEPTEMBER

 

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Saints celebrated on the 3rd of September

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BLESSED HERMANN, HERMIT


Blessed Hermann (Hermannus) was born in Heidelberg and brought up in a devout manner by his parents. But since he was longing for a higher perfection, he left his father's house with his brother, the blessed Otto, travelled to Cologne and came from there on his journey to Niederaltaich, where he became a lay brother in 1320. 

Later he went deeper into the forest to the north and in 1322 he built a cell in the area of ​​the present market town of Regen, where he stayed only a short time. Then, moving even further, he came to Frauenau (Augia Mariana) near Zwiesel and Rinchnach, where he again built a cell and devoted himself to strict penitential exercises. 

After he had lived here for three years and preached the gospel to the people of the area by word and example, he died in 1326 or 1327 and was buried - as he himself had requested - in front of the church door in Rinchnach, where a small chapel was built in his honour. This little building, however, no longer exists, since he is now venerated in the church itself on a side altar. On the other hand, near the neighbouring parish village of Bischofsmais, south-west of Rinchnach, there is a beautiful chapel dedicated to his memory, which is still frequently visited by pilgrims who come from more distant areas to venerate "Saint Hermann," as he is called in the vernacular.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 670)

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Hermann may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org


























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