Offo, Irish monk and founder of Schuttern Abbey, Germany, fl. 603.

Tradition relates that Offo was an Irishman, and a wandering monk. In the year 603 he founded what was then known as Offoniscella ("cell of Offo"). It later became known as Schuttern Abbey.

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See also

Other notable Irish people in Germany included:

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Erhard of Regensburg, Bishop of Regensburg, fl. 684. Minnborinus of Cologne, Abbot, fl. 974-986. Marianus Scotus, chronicler, died c. 1083. Tomás Ó Caiside, friar, soldier, and poet, c.1709-1773? Nina Hynes, singer-songwriter

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References

Galioto, Luisa, 2004. Die Abtei Schuttern: vom Stützpunkt zur monastischen Durchdringung der Ortenau zum repräsentativen und kulturellen Zentrum in Die Ortenau 84, 2004, pp. 253–266. Lacroix, Dr, Emil / Niester, Dr. Heinrich, 1959 edn. Kunstwanderungen in Baden, p. 190. Stuttgart: Chr. Belser Verlag.

7th-century Irish abbots

Irish Christian monks

Irish expatriates in Germany