ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of October GERWICH, FOUNDER OF WALDSASSEN ABBEY Gerwich (Gwerwicus, Gerwicus), Lord of Volmestein, founder of the Waldsassen Abbey, was a brave and noble youth. On the various travels he undertook to get to know the world and its customs, he was introduced to a number of noble courts, and got to know Margrave Theobald of Vohburg upon Danube. They shared their passion for knightly tournaments. Together, they took part in those tournaments. THE NEAR-FATAL ACCIDENT In one of those knightly combats it so happened that Gerwich gave Theobald such a violent push that he broke the latter's helmet and inflicted an almost fatal wound in his throat. Gerwich took this to heart so much that he decided to renounce the world forever. HE DECIDED TO QUIT THE WORLD AND ITS ENTERTAINMENTS He entered the monastery of Siegburg (Siegberg) in what is now Prussia's Rhine Province [today's Germany], where he became a Benedictine mon