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Notker the Stammerer

Benedictine monk and musician

BlessedResearchedCarolingian EmpireBenedictines
Born
840
Died
912
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
not yet

Who they were

In the monastery of Saint Gall in Swabia, in the territory of present-day Switzerland, Blessed Notker the Stammerer, monk, who spent almost his whole life in this monastery, devoting himself to the composition of numerous sequences; frail in body but not in soul, stammering in voice but not in spirit, he was profound in the divine sciences, patient in adversity, gentle towards all, diligent in prayer, reading, meditation and writing.

The miracles

The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 6 April as a monk of Saint Gall who composed numerous sequences and was profound in the divine sciences.

Connected on this site

  • Saint Theonistus Saint
    “303), while Rabanus and Notker the Stammerer date their martyrdom to the time of Theodosius II.” — Wikipedia
  • Tuotilo Saint
    “Gallen and friends with the fellow monk Notker the Stammerer.” — Wikipedia
Sources

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