Saint Gall
Irish disciple and saint · Ireland · On the map · Writers · Lived 550 to 645 · aged 95
Gall according to hagiographic tradition was a disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. However, he may have originally come from the border region between Lorraine and Alemannia and only met Columbanus at the monastery of Luxeuil in the Vosges.
Saint Gall is read about 187 times a day, in 29 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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Stained-glass disc showing Saint Gall as dean, dated 1566
Columbanus and Saint Gall on Lake Constance (Bodensee), from a 15th-century manuscript
Gall, Columbanus, and Magnus: Autobahnkapelle![Bell of Saint Gall.[12][13] Brought with him when he helped bring Christianity from Ireland to Switzerland, founding an abbey.[13][14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Bell_of_St_Gall_Anderson_1881_Fig_80_scotlandinearlyc00ande_0250.jpg/1280px-Bell_of_St_Gall_Anderson_1881_Fig_80_scotlandinearlyc00ande_0250.jpg)
Bell of Saint Gall.[12][13] Brought with him when he helped bring Christianity from Ireland to Switzerland, founding an abbey.[13][14]About this person
Gall is known as a representative of the Irish monastic tradition. The Abbey of Saint Gall in the city of Saint Gallen, Switzerland was built upon his original hermitage. Deicolus was the elder brother of Gall.
