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Meinrad, St.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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Meinrad, St.

a German Roman Catholic ascetic, was born towards the close of the 8th century. He was educated at the abbey of Reichenau. He secluded himself in a desert near the Etzel Mountains, and afterwards near the spot where now stands the Benedictine convent of Einsiedeln, which was built in 934 by the canon Benedictus of Strasburg. Meinrad was murdered Feb. 21, 863.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Meinrad, St.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/meinrad-st.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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