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unusual facts about Germanus of Granfelden


Adalrich, Duke of Alsace

According to the Life of Germanus of Grandval, Adalrich "wickedly began oppressing the people in the vicinity Sornegau of the monastery and to allege that they had always been rebels against his predecessors."


Moutier-Grandval Abbey

The abbot of Luxeuil, Saint Waldebert, sent Saint Germanus of Granfelden, who served 35 years as the first abbot, with Saint Randoald of Grandval as his prior.

Randoald of Grandval

Saint Randoald (Rancald, Randaut) (†21 February 675) was prior of the Benedictine monastery of Grandval in the Moutier valley, under saint Germanus.


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