Virgil, Heiliger#
Virgil, Saint, feast day Nov. 27, b. Ireland, around 700, d. Salzburg, Nov. 27, 784; 746/47-784 Bishop of Salzburg (patron saint). Missionary work mainly in an area occupied by Alpine Slavs, started the book of brotherhood of the monastery of St. Peter; built the first cathedral in Salzburg, which was consecrated in 774. Tomb in the new crypt of Salzburg Cathedral.
Literature#
F. Prinz, Fruehes Moenchtum im Frankenreich, 1965; H. Wolfram, Die Zeit der Agilolfinger. Rupert und V., in: H. Dopsch (ed.), Geschichte Salzburgs, 1 vol., 1984.