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Saint Gall

550 - 645

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Gall (Latin: Gallus; c. 550 – c. 645) according to hagiographic tradition was a disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. However, he may have originally come from the border region between Lorraine and Alemannia and only met Columbanus at the monastery of Luxeuil in the Vosges. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Gall is the 1,273rd most popular writer (down from 1,135th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 46th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Irish Writer.

Saint Gall is most famous for being the founder of a monastery in Switzerland.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Saint Gall ranks 1,273 out of 7,302. Before him are Agrippa d'Aubigné, Eiji Yoshikawa, Vinicius de Moraes, Nikolaus Lenau, Gottfried Benn, and Anton Praetorius. After him are Nathalie Sarraute, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Ephraim Kishon, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Ivan Gundulić, and Theodor Storm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550, Saint Gall ranks 9. Before him are Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, Teia, Armah, Anastasius of Persia, John the Merciful, and Abdullah ibn Salam. After him are Liuva I, Cleph, Menander Protector, Arioald, Garibald I of Bavaria, and Tardu. Among people deceased in 645, Saint Gall ranks 1. After him are Al-Khansa, and Soga no Iruka.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Saint Gall ranks 68 out of 549. Before him are Rory Gallagher (1948), Maureen O'Hara (1920), John Tyndall (1820), Eileen Gray (1878), Larry Mullen Jr. (1961), and Dolores O'Riordan (1971). After him are Vergilius of Salzburg (700), Ethel Voynich (1864), William C. Campbell (1930), Colin Farrell (1976), Mary Robinson (1944), and James Ussher (1581).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Saint Gall ranks 12. Before him are Bram Stoker (1847), W. B. Yeats (1865), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Laurence Sterne (1713), Joseph Murphy (1898), and Iris Murdoch (1919). After him are Ethel Voynich (1864), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Thomas Moore (1779), Oliver Goldsmith (1728), John Banville (1945), and Christy Brown (1932).

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