Erminold
Benedictine abbot
Feast: 6 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Erminold was a Benedictine abbot. He was given to Hirschau Monastery, in Würzburg, Germany, as a small child. In 1110, he became the abbot of Lorsch, resigning and returning to Hirschau when his election was disputed. In 1117, Erminold became abbot of Prüfening. There he was assaulted by a lay brother and slain on 7 January 1121. The means of the murder was the use of a piece of timber, and the motive was the Abbot's excessive strictness.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- santiebeati.it - Sant' Erminoldo di Prufening, Abate e martire (6 gennaio) — Benedictine of Hirsau, abbot of Prufening, killed 1121, died on the Epiphany. Feast 6 January and the date 1121 both match. Also in Butler's Lives ('ST ERMINOLD, Abbot, A.D. 1121').
- Wikidata Q1355954 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Erminold (CC BY-SA)
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