Arbon
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Arbon is a historic town and a municipality and district capital of the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
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Lake Constance
Storm on Lake Constance
View from Arbon to the Lake of Constance
Saint Gall
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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 fr
Arbon
…who were followers of Columban of Luxeuil settled in Arbon. They found a small Christian settlement called Castrum there. One of these monks was St. Gallus, the founder of the monastery of St. Gallen. He died in 627 in Arbon. In 720, a fortification on the site of the present castle was built by a Frankish…
Saint Gall
Columbanus and Saint Gall on Lake Constance (Bodensee), from a 15th-century manuscript
Gall, Columbanus, and Magnus: Autobahnkapelle
Bell of Saint Gall. Brought with him when he helped bring Christianity from Ireland to Switzerland, founding an abbey.