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Meinrad of Einsiedeln
Hermit and Roman Catholic saint
SaintFull write-upGermanyBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 21 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
797
Died
861
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the mountains around Lake Zurich in present-day Switzerland, Saint Meinrad, priest, who, devoted first to the cenobitic life and then to the eremitic life, was killed by robbers.
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
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 21 January as a priest and hermit near Lake Zurich killed by robbers.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 21 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q179195 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Meinrad of Einsiedeln (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.