Saint Virgil of Salzburg
             BISHOP, PATRON OF SALZBURG


b.  Early 8th century, Ireland

Feast Day: November 22

He was educated at Colbroney and became a monk and then traveled to Gaul where he met King Pippin the Short who sent him to Bavaria, placing him as the Bishop of Salzburg. He encountered opposition in the beginning because of the local people's distrust of Irish missionaries. But he was consecrated as Bishop anyway in 755, and dedicated himself to the poor and the evangelization of the Slavs. he died in 784 and was interred in the cathedral he had built; he was canonized in 1233.
                                                                                                 

Saint Rupert of Salzburg
             BISHOP

                Feast Day: March 29

               d. c. 710

He was either of Frankish or Irish descent and was first the Bishop of Worms; then in 697 he went to Regensburg and converted Duke Theodo and many of his subjects. The saint built churches, converting most of Bavaria. With the Duke's aid he rebuilt an old town, Juvavum, renaming it Salzbug. There he erected a chuch, a school and a monastery. He died at Salzburg, its first bishop.




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