Abbey of Saint Gall - List of The Abbots

List of The Abbots

Gallus (613-648) Hermit, the Abbey was built on the traditional site of his cell.
Otmar (719-759) Built the first Abbey, first Abbot of the Abbey.
Johannes (759/60-782)
Ratpert (782)
Waldo (782-784)
Werdo (784-812)
Wolfleoz (812-816)
Gozbert (816-837) Expanded the buildings, started collecting books for the library.
Bernwig (837-840/41)
Engilbert (840/841)
Grimald (841-872)
Hartmut (872-883)
Bernhard (883-890)
Salomo (890-919) Abbot of 11 other monasteries and Bishop of Constance.
Hartmann (922-925)
Engilbert (925-933)
Thieto (933-942)
Craloh (942-958)
Anno (953-954) Anti-Abbot
Purchart I. (958-971)
Notker (971-975) Nephew of Notker Physicus
Ymmo (976-984)
Ulrich I. (984-990)
Kerhart (990-1001)
Purchart II. (1001–1022)
Thietpald (1022–1034)
Nortpert (1034–1072)
Ulrich II. (1072–1076)
Ulrich of Eppenstein (1077–1121)
Lutold (1077-ca. 1083) Anti-Abbot
Werinhar (1083–1086) Anti-Abbot
Manegold of Mammern (1121–1133)
Heinrich von Twiel (1121–1122) Anti-Abbot
Werinher (1133–1167)
Ulrich of Tegerfelden (1167–1199)
Ulrich of Veringen (1199–1200)
Heinrich of Klingen (1200–1204)
Ulrich of Sax (1204–1220) Lord of Hohensax and first Prince-Abbot.
Rudolf of Güttingen (1220–1226)
Konrad of Bussnang (1226–1239)
Walter of Trauchburg (1239–1244)
Berchtold of Falkenstein (1244–1272)
Ulrich of Güttingen (1272–1277)
Heinrich of Wartenberg (1272–1274) Anti-Abbot
Rumo of Ramstein (1277–1281)
Wilhelm of Montfort (1281–1301)
Konrad of Gundelfingen (1288–1291) Anti-Abbot
Heinrich of Ramstein (1301–1318)
Hiltbold of Werstein (1318–1329)
Rudolf of Montfort
Hermann of Bonstetten (1333–1360)
Georg of Wildenstein (1360–1379)
Kuno of Stoffeln (1379–1411)
Heinrich of Gundelfingen (1411–1418)
Konrad of Pegau (1418–1419)
Heinrich of Mansdorf (1419–1426)
Eglolf Blarer (1426–1442)
Kaspar of Breitenlandenberg
Ulrich Rösch (1463–1491) Bought the county of Toggenburg. In 1487 he built a monastery at Rorschach.
Gotthard Giel of Glattburg (1491–1504)
Franz Gaisberg (1504–1529) Abbot when the Reformation took place.
Kilian Germann (1529–1530) Elected to prevent the Reformation from entering the Abbey.
Diethelm Blarer of Wartensee (1530–1564) Expanded the Abbey, known as the Third Founder due to his work on the Abbey.
Otmar Kunz (1564–1577)
Joachim Opser (1577–1594)
Bernhard Müller (1594–1630)
Pius Reher (1630–1654)
Gallus Alt (1654–1687)
Cölestin Sfondrati (1687–1696)
Leodegar Bürgisser (1696–1717)
Joseph von Rudolphi (1717–1740)
Cölestin Gugger von Staudach (1740–1767)
Beda Angehrn (1767–1796)
Pankraz Vorster(1796–1805) Last Abbot.