Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch
8th century Bavarian Christian priest
Feast: 17 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In Bavaria, Blessed Gamelbert, priest, who, in order to found the monastery of Metten, handed over his own goods to Utto, whom he himself had immersed in the holy font of baptism.
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 17 January as a priest who gave his goods to found the monastery of Metten.
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, 17 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q315627 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.