Ratpert was the abbot of the

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for about eight months in 782. He is mentioned in the oldest list of abbots between Abbots

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and Waldo. Since John died on 9 February 782 and the earliest surviving act of Ratpert's successor, Waldo, dates to 8 November 782, the abbacy of Ratpert must have lasted from February to November at the latest. In the ''Casus sancti Galli'' of his namesake, the monk Ratpert, he is not mentioned save in a marginal note added later. In the 11th century,

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placed Ratpert's abbacy in 781. The Calvinist writer Melchior Goldast recorded his anniversary as commemorated on April 29.Johannes Duft
Abt Ratpert (782)
''Die Abtei St.Gallen'' (St. Gallen, 1986).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ratpert Abbots of Saint Gall Year of birth unknown 782 deaths