Abbey of Sankt Gallen
ABBEY OF SANKT GALLEN (Fürstabtei St. Gallen)
Country : Switzerland
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Order : Benedictan
Established : 719
Abolished : 1805
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Origin/meaning
The Abbey was founded in 835 by St. Meinrad; the crows in the monastery's arms is said to represent crows which the saint kept as pets, and have been borne since the 15th century.
Arms of Abbots
Gallus (612- +/- 640)
Nortpert (1034-1072)
Manegold von Mammern (1121-1133)
Konrad von Bussnang (1226-1239)
Berchtold von Falkenstein (1244-1272)
Ulrich von Güttingen (1272-1277)
Wilhelm von Montfort (1281-1301)
Heinrich von Ramstein (1301-1318)
Hiltbold von Werstein (1318-1329)
Rudolf von Montfort (1330-1333)
Hermann von Bonstetten (1333-1360)
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Georg von Wildenstein (1360-1379)
Kuno von Stoffeln (1379-1411)
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Heinrich von Gundelfingen (1411-1418 resigniert)
Konrad von Pegau (1418-1419)
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Heinrich von Mansdorf (1419-1426)
Eglolf Blarer (1426-1442)
Kaspar von Breitenlandenberg (1442-1463)
Ulrich Rösch (1463-1491)
Gotthard Giel von Glattburg (1491-1504)
Franz von Gaisberg (1504-1529)
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Kilian Germann (1529-1530)
Diethelm Blarer von Wartensee (1530-1564)
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Otmar Kunz (1564-1577)
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Joachim Opser (1577-1594)
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Bernhard Müller (1594-1630)
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Pius Reher (1630-1654)
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Gallus Alt (1654-1687)
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Coelestin Sfondrati (1687-1696)
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Leodegar Bürgisser (1696-1717)
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Joseph von Rudolfi (1717-1740)
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Coelestin Gugger von Staudach (1740-1767)
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Beda Angehrn (1767-1796)
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Pankraz Vorster (1796-1805)
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