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<center><b>Who settled as a hermit at Einsiedeln, Switzerland <br>and became known as the Martyr of Hospitality? </center></b>

<b>St Meinrad </b>is venerated as the patron and in some sense the founder of the Benedictine abbey of Einsiedeln in Switzerland which has kept an unbroken continuity since Carolingian times. He <b>settled as a hermit at Einsiedeln</b>. Inspired by the Desert Fathers (Christian hermits), Meinrad practiced a strict asceticism (severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.) Gifts presented to him were passed on to poor. He was killed in 861 by two robbers who wanted the treasures which pilgrims left at the shrine. <b>Meinrad is known as the Martyr of Hospitality.</b> <br><br> <center><b><a href='http://vaticanstamps.org/vaticannotes/idisplay2.php?p=189-04&r=0'>CLICK HERE to read the <br><i> 'The Abbey-Church of Einsiedeln'<br></i> article by Thomas Crimando<br> <i>Vatican Notes</i> Volume: 32; Issue: 1; Page: 4-5; 1983</a><br><br> <img src='../VPS/images/296/298.jpg' height='150'> <img src='../VPS/images/296/299.jpg' height='150'> <img src='../VPS/images/296/300.jpg' height='150'><br> St. Meinrad<br> 11th Centenary of Death<br <i>St Meinrad<br> Our Lady of Einsiedeln <br> Monestary of Einsiedeln</i> <br> 298-300 (1961)</b></center><br><br>