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Detail of A BasRelief Sculpture of Saint Wolfgang of Ratisbon 16Th Century Artist Unknown Museum In The Castle of Cadolzburg Middle Franconia Germany Photographed On 14 January 2018 By Wolfgang Sauber
Detail of A BasRelief Sculpture of Saint Wolfgang of Ratisbon 16Th Century Artist Unknown Museum In The Castle of Cadolzburg Middle Franconia Germany Photographed On 14 January 2018 By Wolfgang Sauber

Saint Wolfgang of Ratisbon

Also known as: Wolfgang of Regensberg; The Great Almoner

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

October 31

Died

October 31, 994

Canonized

1052 by Pope Leo IX

Biography

Saint Wolfgang of Ratisbon, also known as Wolfgang of Regensberg and The Great Almoner, was born in 924 in Swabia, Germany. He received his education from the Benedictines at Reichenau, Switzerland, where he developed a deep spiritual devotion under the guidance of Saint Romuald. Influenced by his mentor's hermitic practices, Wolfgang became a Benedictine monk at Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland in 964....