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| St Meinrad |
Your answer was: St Benedict. |
Answer: St Meinrad 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 settled as a hermit at Einsiedeln. 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. Meinrad is known as the Martyr of Hospitality. 'The Abbey-Church of Einsiedeln' article by Thomas Crimando Vatican Notes Volume: 32; Issue: 1; Page: 4-5; 1983 
 St. Meinrad 11th Centenary of Death St Meinrad Our Lady of Einsiedeln Monestary of Einsiedeln 298-300 (1961) |
