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<p>[QUOTE="talerman, post: 8183835, member: 89314"]ST. MAGNUS & St. BRUNO</p><p><br /></p><p>Italy PAPAL STATES Alexander VIII Testone Year 2 (1690)</p><p><br /></p><p>St. Magnus of Fussen was a missionary saint in southern Germany, also known as the Apostle of the Allgäu. He is believed to have been a contemporary either of St. Gall (died 627) or of St. Boniface (died 754) and is venerated as the founder of St. Mang's Abbey, Füssen. There is almost no reliable information about him. The only source is an old "Vita S. Magni", which however contains so many obvious anachronisms that little reliance can be placed on it. He is the patron saint of the Allgäu, Füssen, and Kempten; and is invoked for the protection of cattle; and against eye diseases, snakebite, worms, rats, mice and field insects. </p><p>St. Bruno of Cologne (c.1030-1101), a leading philosopher and theologian, was the head of the Episcopal School at Reims for 20 years. Refusing an offer to become Bishop of Reims, he withdrew to become a hermit, eventually founding what became the Carthusian Order in Chartreuse, near Grenoble. In 1090 he was called to Rome to become adviser to Urban VIII, a former pupil. He later refused the archbishopric of Reggio Calabria to return to the hermit life. </p><p>Alexander VIII (Giovannangelo de Medici) was elected Pope on 6 October, the saint's day of both Magnus and Bruno.</p><p><br /></p><p>The engraver of this coin is Giovanni Hameranus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1431235[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1431236[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="talerman, post: 8183835, member: 89314"]ST. MAGNUS & St. BRUNO Italy PAPAL STATES Alexander VIII Testone Year 2 (1690) St. Magnus of Fussen was a missionary saint in southern Germany, also known as the Apostle of the Allgäu. He is believed to have been a contemporary either of St. Gall (died 627) or of St. Boniface (died 754) and is venerated as the founder of St. Mang's Abbey, Füssen. There is almost no reliable information about him. The only source is an old "Vita S. Magni", which however contains so many obvious anachronisms that little reliance can be placed on it. He is the patron saint of the Allgäu, Füssen, and Kempten; and is invoked for the protection of cattle; and against eye diseases, snakebite, worms, rats, mice and field insects. St. Bruno of Cologne (c.1030-1101), a leading philosopher and theologian, was the head of the Episcopal School at Reims for 20 years. Refusing an offer to become Bishop of Reims, he withdrew to become a hermit, eventually founding what became the Carthusian Order in Chartreuse, near Grenoble. In 1090 he was called to Rome to become adviser to Urban VIII, a former pupil. He later refused the archbishopric of Reggio Calabria to return to the hermit life. Alexander VIII (Giovannangelo de Medici) was elected Pope on 6 October, the saint's day of both Magnus and Bruno. The engraver of this coin is Giovanni Hameranus. [ATTACH=full]1431235[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1431236[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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