Nortpert (died after 1076) was

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of the

Abbey of Saint Gall The Abbey of Saint Gall (german: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot w ...

from

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Nortpert was called to Saint Gall from the reform monastery Stavelot in order to reintroduce a strict monastic way of life. Despite resistance on the part of the monks of Saint Gall, he was able to successfully assert a reform programme. In 1040, he welcomed King Henry III whom he accompanied on his campaign in Italy in 1046. In Rome in 1047, he obtained the

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of Saint Gall's local saint

Wiborada Wiborada of St. Gall (also Guiborat, Weibrath or Viborata; Alemannic: ''Wiberat'') (died 926) was a member of the Swabian nobility in what is present-day Switzerland. She was an anchoress, Benedictine nun, and martyr. Biography There are two bi ...

who died as a

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in the course of the

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. As an abbot who tried to preserve the property rights of his monastery, he came into a bloody conflict with Bishop Rumold von Konstanz. After 38 years in office, he abdicated in 1072.

Sources

Nortpert
on the website of the Stiftsarchiv St. Gallen.
Nortpert
in the Stadtlexikon Wil. Quoted after Duft, Johannes: ''Die Abtei St. Gallen''.

References

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