Gall according to hagiographic tradition was a disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. However, he may have originally come from the border region between Lorraine and Alemannia and only met Columbanus at the monastery of Luxeuil in the Vosges. Gall is known as a representative of the Irish monastic tradition. The Abbey of Saint Gall in the city of Saint Gallen, Switzerland was built upon his original hermitage. Deicolus was the elder brother of Gall.
Saint Gall
Columbanus and Saint Gall on Lake Constance (Bodensee), from a 15th-century manuscript
Gall, Columbanus, and Magnus: Autobahnkapelle
Columbanus was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in present-day Italy.
Saint Columbanus, stained glass window, Bobbio Abbey crypt
Facade of the Abbey in Bobbio
Stone bridge over the Trebbia river leading to Bobbio Abbey in northern Italy
Fresco of Saint Columbanus in Brugnato Cathedral