Berthold of Garsten
Austrian abbot
Feast: 27 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the monastery of Garsten in Styria, in present-day Austria, Blessed Berthold, abbot, to whom penitents seeking counsel and all who were looking for help had easy access.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 27 July as the abbot of Garsten, open to penitents and all who sought help.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 27 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q85068 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Berthold of Garsten (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.