Monday, January 20, 2020

BLESSED EDERHARD OF SCHAEFFHAUSEN

Blessed Eberhard of Schaeffhausen,
Feast day: April 7
Also known as Evrard
Born 1018;
Died 1078.
 Pious prince Eberhard III, count of Nellenburg, was the husband of the pious Itta and a relative of both Pope Saint Leo IX and the emperor Saint Henry II. Eberhard and Itta protected and built convents into which each was to retire later, including the Benedictine abbey of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 1050, where Eberhard retired 

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