Saint Sebaldus | |
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Died | c. 770[1] |
Venerated in | |
Canonized | March 26, 1425 by Pope Martin V |
Major shrine | St. Sebaldus Church |
Feast | August 19 |
Attributes | pilgrim with the staff and the cap and the beard; later represented with the model of his church; sometimes depicted with the coats of arms of the reigning Houses of France and Denmark |
Patronage | against cold and cold weather; Nuremberg; Bavaria |
Sebaldus (or Sebald) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany in the 9th or 10th century. He settled down as a hermit in the Reichswald near Nuremberg , of which city he is the patron saint.[2][3]
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