Sebaldus

Saint Sebaldus
Saint Sebaldus by Sebastiano del Piombo in Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice
Diedc. 770[1]
Venerated in
CanonizedMarch 26, 1425 by Pope Martin V
Major shrineSt. Sebaldus Church
FeastAugust 19
Attributespilgrim with the staff and the cap and the beard; later represented with the model of his church; sometimes depicted with the coats of arms of the reigning Houses of France and Denmark
Patronageagainst cold and cold weather; Nuremberg; Bavaria

Sebaldus (or Sebald) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany in the 9th or 10th century. He settled down as a hermit in the Reichswald near Nuremberg, of which city he is the patron saint.[2][3]

  1. ^ Patron Saints Index: Sebaldus
  2. ^ Basil Watkins, The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary, 8th ed. (Bloomsbury, 2016), pp. 667–668.
  3. ^ Schäfer, Joachim (22 June 2021). "Sebaldus von Nürnberg". Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon ['Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints'] (in German). Archived from the original on 6 December 2022.

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