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Disibod
Irish monk
SaintFull write-upIrelandDate unknown
Feast: 8 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
619
verified
Died
8 July 700
verified
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
—
not on record
Who they were
Disibod, an Irish bishop, came to the Continent about 653 and settled in the valley of the Nahe near Bingen. Though he lived as a hermit, a large community gathered round him in Irish beehive cells.
Before his death he saw a church built and served by monks, and was elected abbot-bishop of Mount Disibod. Many miracles are recorded of him. St Hildegard wrote his life in 1170.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
An Irish hermit whose holiness drew a community in the Rhineland.
Connected on this site
- Hildegard of Bingen Saint“Hildegard of Bingen around 1170 composed a Vita of Saint Disibod.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - St. Disibod
- Wikidata Q571163 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Disibod (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.