Abbey of Sankt Gallen

ABBEY OF SANKT GALLEN (Fürstabtei St. Gallen)

Country : Switzerland
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Order : Benedictan

Established : 719
Abolished : 1805

Origin/meaning

The Abbey was founded in 835 by St. Meinrad; the crows in the monastery's arms is said to represent crows which the saint kept as pets, and have been borne since the 15th century.

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  The arms in a 17th century manuscript

Arms of Abbots

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  Gallus (612- +/- 640)

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  Nortpert (1034-1072)

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  Manegold von Mammern (1121-1133)

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  Werinher (1133-1167)

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  Ulrich von Tegerfelden (1167-1199)

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  Ulrich von Veringen (1199-1200)

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  Heinrich von Klingen (1200-1204)

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  Ulrich von Sax (1204-1220)

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  Rudolf von Güttingen (1220-1226)

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  Konrad von Bussnang (1226-1239)

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  Walter von Trauchburg (1239-1244)

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  Berchtold von Falkenstein (1244-1272)

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  Ulrich von Güttingen (1272-1277)

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  Rumo von Ramstein (1274-1281)

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  Wilhelm von Montfort (1281-1301)

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  Heinrich von Ramstein (1301-1318)

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  Hiltbold von Werstein (1318-1329)

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  Rudolf von Montfort (1330-1333)

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  Hermann von Bonstetten (1333-1360)

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  Georg von Wildenstein (1360-1379)

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  Kuno von Stoffeln (1379-1411)

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  Heinrich von Gundelfingen (1411-1418 resigniert)

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  Konrad von Pegau (1418-1419)

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  Heinrich von Mansdorf (1419-1426)

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  Eglolf Blarer (1426-1442)

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  Kaspar von Breitenlandenberg (1442-1463)

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  Ulrich Rösch (1463-1491)

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  Gotthard Giel von Glattburg (1491-1504)

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  Franz von Gaisberg (1504-1529)

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  Kilian Germann (1529-1530)

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  Diethelm Blarer von Wartensee (1530-1564)

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  Otmar Kunz (1564-1577)

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  Joachim Opser (1577-1594)

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  Bernhard Müller (1594-1630)

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  Pius Reher (1630-1654)

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  Gallus Alt (1654-1687)

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  Coelestin Sfondrati (1687-1696)

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  Leodegar Bürgisser (1696-1717)

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  Joseph von Rudolfi (1717-1740)

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  Coelestin Gugger von Staudach (1740-1767)

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  Beda Angehrn (1767-1796)

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  Pankraz Vorster (1796-1805)

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