Blessed Werner Von Ellerbach
Also known as: Werner of Wiblingen; Varnerio
Feast Day
4-Jun
Died
2 April, 2 May or 4 June (records vary) 1126 at Wiblingen Abbey near Ulm, Germany of natural causes; buried in front of the Holy Cross altar in the monastery church; relics enshrined on 21 March 1782 in the new monastery church; some relics enshrined at the Saint Blaise Abbey; Until 1629, in the Thirty Years War, “Wernerbrote” (Werner’s Bread), loaves of blessed bread, were baked and distributed every year by the Wiblingen Abbey as a protection against disease
Biography
Blessed Werner Von Ellerbach, also known as Werner of Wiblingen or Varnerio, was a Benedictine monk at the Saint Blaise Abbey in the Black Forest area of Baden-Württemberg in modern Germany. He was born in unknown circumstances and his exact birthdate is not recorded. Werner, along with several brother monks, was sent to establish the Wiblingen Abbey near Ulm, Germany in 1099.
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