Blessed Berchtold of Engelberg Biography
Blessed Berchtold of Engelberg Profile. Born: N/A in Switzerland, Europe. Worked in Switzerland. Died: 3 November 1197 in N/A. Feast Day is celebrated on November 3.
Bl. Berchtold of Engelberg Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date |
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| Date of Birth | N/A |
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| Country of Birth | Switzerland in Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Monks |
| Profession | Missionary |
| Place of Work | Switzerland |
| Date of Death | 3 November 1197 |
| Place of Death | N/A |
| Feast Day | November 3 |
| Beatification | Beatified by N/A |
| Canonization | Canonized by N/A |
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Blessed Berchtold of Engelberg Biography
Bl. Berchtold of Engelberg was a Benedictine monk at Engelberg in Switzerland. He was a spiritual student of Blessed Frowin and later succeeded him as abbot at Engelberg on 27 March 1178. Berchtold was noted for his encouragement of scholarship, piety and monastic discipline among his brothers, and for his own study of the Bible and the early Church Fathers.
He predicted the death of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Among other miracles like blessing a lake near Stansted, Switzerland to become stocked with fish and also he is recorded to have changed water into wine three times.
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