!!!Gebhard, Heiliger, Fest 27. August

b. Bregenz (Vorarlberg), 949 
d. Constance (Germany), Aug. 27, 995, patron saint of the province of 
Vorarlberg. As Gebhard II bishop of Konstanz from 979 to 995, youngest 
son of count Ulrich VI (Uzo, Udalrich) of Bregenz, played a leading 
role in the early occidental monastery reform movement. His remains 
were exhumed in 1134 and 1259. He was greatly venerated in the Bregenz 
area in the 18th century. The pilgrimage church at  Gebhardsberg Hill 
is believed to be his birth place. Vorarlberg held a Catholics' Day on 
the occasion of his 1000th anniversary.

!Literature
A. Benzer, Bewahrer und Bewaehrer, 1949; T. Humpert, Der 
heilige Gebhard, 1949; O. Wimmer and H. Melzer, Lexikon der Heiligen, 
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