Venerable
Rathard
A priest of noble birth, founder of the monastery of Diessen in Bavaria, reposed around 815.
- Feast
- August 8old style August 21
- Reposed
- 8159th century
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Rathard was a nobleman who became a priest and founded the monastery of Diessen in Bavaria. He reposed around the year 815. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.
His commemoration falls on 8 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 21 August of the civil calendar. We have no further details of his life.
Commemorated the same day August 8
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