ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 15th of July WELCOME! HERMANN, ABBOT OF NIEDERALTAICH Niederaltaich: The Abbey Church's Organ Hermann (Hermannus) , the 30th abbot of Niederaltaich in Lower Bavaria (South Germany) is remembered as a strict zealot of monastic discipline. He also expanded and improved the institute entrusted to him. Due to him keeping the reigns tight and fostering a spirit of order, many holy and capable monks emerged from the abbey, who, in turn, were nominated to lead other monasteries, such as Formbach, Oberaltaich, Prül, Aschbach and Biburg. Born in 1200, Hermann was unanimously elected abbot on October 27, 1242, according to Lackner * (Memoriale, p. 86) , and consecrated on November 9, 1243, by Bishop Rüdiger of Passau in the Church of St Anthony in Vienna, which at that time still belonged to the Diocese of Passau. It is well beyond the format of this short biography to give even a brief overview of all he did f...