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
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.
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.
Saint Gall
…the Rhine River to Bregenz but when in 612 Columbanus travelled on to Italy from Bregenz, Gall had to remain behind due to illness and was nursed at Arbon. He remained in Alemannia, where, with several companions, he led the life of a hermit in the forests southwest of Lake Constance, near the source of…
Luftaufnahme arbon
Lake Constance
Storm on Lake Constance
View from Arbon to the Lake of Constance