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Thiemo, Seliger
© Copyright Matyrdom of the Blessed Thiemo, panel painting, Vienna around 1500 Thiemo, the Blessed, b. around 1040, d. Ashkelon (Palestine), Sept. 28, 1101, Count von Formbach. 1077 abbot of Sankt Peter, 1090 Archbishop of Salzburg; supporter of Gregorian reform; 1095 expelled by the counter-bishop Berthold von Moosburg; participated in the first crusade and was tortured to death. Though he was not canonized, worship was permitted to the monastery of Admont and Benedictine monasteries in 1884 (feast: Sept. 28).
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