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Gallus, HeiligerGall, Saint, feast day Oct. 16th, b. Ireland, about 560, d. Arbon (Switzerland), Oct. 16, 650, monk, hermit. Missionary (north-eastern Switzerland, Lake Constance area). Taught and preached in Bregenz (old Aureliakirche) between 610-612 together with Saint Kolumban. Gall patronages in Bregenz and St. Gallenkirch (both in Vorarlberg), Weer (Tyrol), St. Gallen (Styria), Neusiedl am See (Burgenland). Literature: O. Wimmer and H. Melzer, Lexikon der Namen und Heiligen, 61988.
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