Wolfleoz of Konstanz

Wolfleoz of Konstanz (Wolleozzus) was bishop of Konstanz from 811 to 838 or 839 and abbot of the monastery of Saint Gall from 812 to 816. He reposed at Konstanz on 15 March 838 or 839.

He became bishop after the death of Egino. In 816 he took part in the translation of the relics of Trudpert, honored as a martyr, and probably consecrated on that occasion the new monastery church of Sankt Trudpert. In the same year he took part in the consecration of the abbey church of Reichenau. In 829 he was at the synod of Mainz, summoned by Louis the Pious, and in 835 he was co-⁠consecrator of the basilica of the monastery of Saint Gall.

After the death of abbot Werdo, on 30 March 812, he also took the leadership of the monastery of Saint Gall, against the will of the monks. He gave the offices of the monastery to laymen loyal to him, and the monks complained to the emperor Louis the Pious. He tried to uphold his rights with a forged charter, without success. In 816 the community freely elected Gozbert, and in 818 the emperor gave the monastery immunity and the status of an imperial abbey, independent of Konstanz.

Our sources present him as a hierarch, show no veneration as a saint and give no day of remembrance; he is nevertheless counted among the saints of the 9th century in some lists. No Orthodox synodal canonization is known.