Gebhard of Constance

Gebhard of Constance

:"Gebhard III of Constance was bishop from 1086 to 1105."

Infobox Saint
name= Saint Gebhard of Constance
birth_date=949
death_date=995
feast_day= 27 August
venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church


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birth_place= Austria
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attributes=bishop reaching his staff to a lame man; bishop with a skull wearing a papal tiara near him or on a book; bishop with the Virgin Mary appearing to him
patronage= Constance; Vorarlberg
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Saint Gebhard (949-995) was a bishop of Constance from 979 until 995. He founded the Benedictine abbey of Petershausen in 983.

External links

* [http://www.catholicforum.com/saints/saintg2b.htm Gebhard of Constance]


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