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.

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