Tuesday, September 22 · Ordinary Time
Saint Emmeram
Saint Emmeram of Regensburg was a Christian bishop and martyr born in Poitiers, Aquitaine. He traveled to Ratisbon (Regensburg) after hearing about idolatry in Bavaria around 649.
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