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Feast Day of St. Hermann Contractus, composer of Salve Regina
Sep
25

Feast Day of St. Hermann Contractus, composer of Salve Regina

Born February 18, 1013, at Altshausen (Swabia), St. Hermann Contractus was born crippled and unable to move without assistance.  It was an immense difficulty for him to learn to read and write, however he persisted and his iron will and remarkable intelligence were soon manifested.

 

Upon discovering the brilliance of his son’s mind, his father, Count Wolverad II, sent him at the age of seven to live with the Benedictine monks on the island of Reichenau in Southern Germany.

 

He lived his entire life on the island, taking his monastic vows in 1043.

 

Students from all over Europe flocked to the monastery on the island to learn from him, yet he was equally as famous for his monastic virtues and sanctity.

 

Hermann chronicled the first thousand years of Christianity, was a mathematician, an astronomer, and a poet and was also the composer of the Salve Regina and Alma Redemptoris Mater – both hymns to the Virgin Mary.

 

He died on the island on September 21, 1054.

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Member / Family Summer Social
Jul
17

Member / Family Summer Social

We will be having our traditional bouncy house, food and drinks! Please come out and join us for an evening of comraderie, celebration and ceremony. We will installing our new Officers into the council and will be holding this publicly for the first time in Salve Regina history.

Please come out for the food and to support our newest Officers as they start on their two year terms!

Please contact salvereginacouncil@gmail.com for any questions!

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