Saint Pirmin
Sign in to savethumb|upright|Relic in Speyer Cathedral. Pirmin (; before 700 – November 3, 753), was a Merovingian-era monk and missionary who founded or restored numerous monasteries in Alemannia. He is regarded as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Key facts
- Saint.name
- Saint Pirmin
- Saint.birth_date
- 700
- Saint.image
- Hornbacher_Sakramentar_fol._8v.jpg
- Saint.caption
- Illustration from the : Abbot Adalbert of Hornbach presents the manuscript to his patron saint, Pirmin
- Saint.birth_place
- somewhere in Spain
- Saint.death_place
- Hornbach, Germany
- Saint.feast_day
- November 3
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Missionary and other activities
- References
- External links
- See also
thumb|upright|Relic in Speyer Cathedral. Pirmin (; before 700 – November 3, 753), was a Merovingian-era monk and missionary who founded or restored numerous monasteries in Alemannia. He is regarded as a saint in the Catholic Church.
==Biography== Pirmin was probably from the area of Narbonne, possibly of Visigothic origin. Many Visigoths fled to Francia after the Arab conquest of Spain at the beginning of the 8th century.