Sebaldus

Saint Sebaldus
Saint Sebaldus by Sebastiano del Piombo in Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice
Diedc. 770
Venerated in
CanonizedMarch 26, 1425 by Pope Martin V
Major shrineSt. Sebaldus Church
FeastAugust 19
Attributespilgrim with a staff ; later represented with the model of his church
Patronageagainst cold and cold weather; Nuremberg; Bavaria

Sebaldus (or Sebald) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany in the 9th or 10th century. He settled down as a hermit in the Reichswald near Nuremberg, of which city he is the patron saint.

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