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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Offo

A venerable father honored in the West.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Era
7th century
Order
Venerables

Life

Offo was, by tradition, a wandering Irish monk and the founder of Schuttern Abbey in Germany. In the year 603 he is said to have built there a cell called Offoniscella, 'the cell of Offo', from which the abbey grew. The source found says no more. He is regarded as venerable in the Western tradition, but no canonization is shown.