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Sandratus of Gladbach

Abbot of Gladbach

Abbot of Gladbach in Germany, reposed in 986.

Feast
August 24old style September 6
Reposed
98610th century
Place
Gladbach

Life

Sandratus of Gladbach was a monk of the monastery of Saint Maximinus at Trier in Germany. In 972 the emperor Otto I sent him to restore the monastery of St Gall. Shortly afterwards he became abbot of Gladbach, and in 981 abbot of Weissenburg as well. He reposed in the year 986. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 24 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 6 September of the civil calendar.

Commemorated the same day August 24