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Saint Sturm
Austrian saint
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Feast: 17 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
704
Died
779
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Sturm (c. 705 – 17 December 779), also called Sturmius or Sturmi, was a disciple of Boniface and founder and first abbot of the Benedictine monastery and abbey of Fulda in 742 or 744. Sturm's tenure as abbot lasted from 747 until 779.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Saint Boniface Saint Teacher
Sources
- Wikidata Q280476 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Sturm (CC BY-SA)
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