Editing Abbey of Saint Gall (section)

==People of the abbey==
===List of abbots===
There were a total of 73 ruling abbots (including six anti-abbots) between 719 and 1805.
A complete collection of abbots' biographies was published 
by Henggeler (1929). A table of abbots' names complete with their coats of arms was printed by Beat Jakob Anton Hiltensperger in 1778.<ref>Henggeler, P. Rudolf, ''Professbuch der fürstl. Benediktinerabtei der Heiligen Gallus und Otmar zu St.Gallen'', Monasticon-Benedictinum Helvetiae 1, Einsiedeln (1929). [http://www.sg.ch/home/kultur/stiftsarchiv/geschichte/abtei_st_gallen/aebte.html History of the Abbey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604002823/http://www.sg.ch/home/kultur/stiftsarchiv/geschichte/abtei_st_gallen/aebte.html |date=2012-06-04 }} {{in lang|de}}. See also
{{cite book|last=Herzog|first=Johann Jakob|title=The Protestant theological and ecclesiastical encyclopedia, Volume 2|year=1860|publisher=Lindsay & Blakiston|pages=351–353|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MqQAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA351}};
{{cite book|last=Schaff|first=Phillip|title=The new Schaff-Herzog encyclopedia of religious knowledge|year=1910|publisher=Funk and Wagnalls Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newschaffherzog23haucgoog/page/n220 196], 283|url=https://archive.org/details/newschaffherzog23haucgoog}}.</ref>

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* [[Saint Othmar|Othmar]] (719–759) 
* [[John II (bishop of Constance)|John]] (759/60–782)
* [[Ratpert (abbot of Saint Gall)|Ratpert]] (782)
* [[Waldo of Reichenau|Waldo]] (782–784)
* [[Werdo]] (784–812)
* [[Wolfleoz]] (812–816)
* [[Gozbert of Saint Gall|Gozbert]] (816–837) Expanded the buildings, started collecting books for the library.
* [[Bernwig]] (837–840/41)
* [[Engilbert I of Saint Gall|Engilbert I]] (840/841)
* [[Grimald of Weissenburg|Grimald]] (841–872)
* [[Hartmut of Saint Gall|Hartmut]] (872–883)
* [[Bernard of Saint Gall|Bernhard]] (883–890)
* [[Solomon III (bishop of Constance)|Solomon]] (890–919), Abbot of 11 other monasteries and [[Bishop of Constance]].
* [[Hartmann of Saint Gall|Hartmann]] (922–925)
* [[Engilbert II of Saint Gall|Engilbert II]] (925–933)
* [[Thieto]] (933–942)
* [[Craloh]] (942–958)
** [[Anno of Saint Gall|Anno]] (953–954), anti-abbot
* [[Purchart I]] (958–971)
* [[Notker (abbot of Saint Gall)|Notker]] (971–975), nephew of [[Notker Physicus]]
* [[Ymmo]] (976–984)
* [[Ulrich I of Saint Gall|Ulrich I]] (984–990)
* [[Kerhart]] (990–1001)
* [[Purchart II]] (1001–1022)
* [[Thietpald]] (1022–1034)
* [[Nortpert]] (1034–1072)
* [[Ulrich II of Saint Gall|Ulrich II]] (1072–1076)
* [[Ulrich of Eppenstein]] (1077–1121)
** [[Lutold of Saint Gall|Lutold]] (1077–c. 1083), anti-abbot
** [[Werinhar]] (1083–1086), anti-abbot
* [[Manegold von Mammern]] (1121–1133)
** [[Heinrich von Twiel]] (1121–1122), anti-abbot
* [[Werinher]] (1133–1167)
* [[Ulrich von Tegerfelden]] (1167–1199)
* [[Ulrich von Veringen]] (1199–1200)
* [[Heinrich von Klingen]] (1200–1204)
* [[Ulrich von Sax]] (1204–1220) Lord of Hohensax and first Prince-Abbot
* [[Rudolf von Güttingen]] (1220–1226)
* [[Konrad von Bussnang]] (1226–1239)
* [[Walter von Trauchburg]] (1239–1244)
* [[Berchtold von Falkenstein]] (1244–1272)
* [[Ulrich von Güttingen]] (1272–1277)
** [[Heinrich von Wartenberg]] (1272–1274), anti-abbot
* [[Rumo von Ramstein]] (1277–1281)
* [[Wilhelm von Montfort]] (1281–1301)
** [[Konrad von Gundelfingen]] (1288–1291), anti-abbot sponsored by [[Rudolf I of Germany]]
* [[Heinrich von Ramstein]] (1301–1318)
* [[Hiltbold von Werstein]] (1318–1329)
* [[Rudolf III von Montfort|Rudolf von Montfort]] (1330–1333)
* [[Hermann von Bonstetten]] (1333–1360)
* [[Georg von Wildenstein]] (1360–1379)
* [[Kuno von Stoffeln]] (1379–1411)
* [[Heinrich von Gundelfingen]] (1411–1418)
* [[Konrad von Pegau]] (1418–1419)
* [[Heinrich von Mansdorf]] (1419–1426)
* [[Eglolf Blarer]] (1426–1442)
* [[Kaspar von Breitenlandenberg]] (1442–1463)
* [[Ulrich Rösch]] (1463–1491) Bought the county of Toggenburg. In 1487 he built a monastery at Rorschach.
* [[Gotthard Giel von Glattburg]] (1491–1504)
* [[Franz von Gaisberg]] (1504–1529) Abbot when the Reformation took place.
* [[Kilian Germann]] (1529–1530) Elected to prevent the Reformation from entering the Abbey.
* [[Diethelm Blarer von 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 (abbot)|Bernhard Müller]] (1594–1630)
* [[Pius Reher]] (1630–1654)
* [[Gallus Alt]] (1654–1687)
* [[Celestino 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)
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===Nuns===
* [[Wiborada]] (died 926). First woman formally canonized by the Catholic Church.