(A.D. 1121.)
[Mentioned in the German Martyrologies. His life was written by a
monk of Prufening, about the year 1290.]
S. Erminold sprang from one of the first families in Swabia, and was
given in early life to William, abbot of Hirschau, to be educated. A
better tutor could not have been found for him, for William was one of
the most learned and pious men of the age. The youthful Erminold made
rapid progress in his studies, and he grew up in favour with God and
man. When his pupilage was ended, he took the vows of monastic life upon
him. In 1110, he was appointed by the Emperor Henry V., to the abbey of
Lorch, on the Rhine; but hearing that this had been given him at the
request of his brother, as a return for something his brother had done
for the Emperor, Erminold threw up the office, so as not to incur the
least suspicion of simony, and returned to Hirschau. But the Bishop of
Bamberg, having founded an abbey at Prufening, near Ratisbon, he was
invited to colonize it, and be its first father. He accordingly betook
himself thither, with a few brethren. Having incurred the hostility of
some of his monks, by insisting on strict discipline, one, named Aaron,
struck him with a knife and mortally wounded him. He died, forgiving his
murderer.
[Illustration: Worshippers at the Shrine of a Saint.]
January 7.
S. LUCIAN, _P. M., at Antioch, circ._ A.D. 312.
S. NICETAS, _B. C., circ._ A.D. 402.
S. VALENTINE, _B. of Passau, circ._ A.D. 440.
S. CEDD, _B. of London_, A.D. 664.
S. TYLLO, _Monk in Gaul, circ._ 700.
B. WITTEKIND, _Duke of Westphalia_, A.D. 800.
S. RAINOLD, _Monk and M., of Dortmund, in Westphalia._
S. ALDRIC, _B. of Le Mans, in France, circ._ A.D. 855.
S. CANUTE, _Duke of Schleswig_, A.D. 1133.