January 8 Saint Erhard of Regensburg
Ireland
Death:
Germany
Saint Erhard of Regensburg was bishop of Regensburg in the 7th century.
He was born in Ireland. Like many of his countrymen he went to the Continent as missionary bishop, and coming to the Vosges met there St. Hildulf, said to have been Archbishop of Trier, and who lived there as a hermit (666-671). He is called Erhard's brother, but very likely spiritual relationship was meant.
It is said that each of them founded seven monasteries. Thence Erhard went to Regensburg and founded the nunnery of Niedermünster. By Divine inspiration he was recalled to the Rhineland to baptize St. Odilia, blind from her birth, but who received her eyesight at her baptism.
The year of his death is not known. He was interred in the still-extant Erhard-crypt at Niedermünster, and miracles were wrought at his grave, that was guarded in the Middle Ages by Erhardinonnen, a religious community of women who observed there a perpetual round of prayer.
Burial:
Stift Niedermünster
Regensburg
Regensburg (urban)
Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Plot: Erhard-crypt
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