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Attalas was a monk at Lérins, France and Luxeuil Abbey. He helped Columbanus build the abbey in Bobbio, Italy.
Attalas served as its abbot from 615. During Attalas’s abbacy, most of the monks stood out against the severity of the Columbanian Rule. His monks included Saint Valery and Saint Blitmund of Bobbio.
Born
- in Burgundy, France
Died
- 627 of natural causes
- interred next to Saint Colombanus in the church at the abbey of Saint Colombano, Bobbio, Provincia di Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- re-interred in 1482 in a stone sarcophagus in the crypt of the basilica of Saint Colombano built over the site of the old church
- altar, crypt and shrine were refurbished and the re-opened to the public in 1910
Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
Patronage
- Bobbio, Italy
- Luxeuil-les-Bains, France
Representation
- abbot near a mill with his staff in hand
- abbot with a nearby chair
with Saint Columbanus
Source: https://catholicsaints.info/saint-attalas-of-bobbio/
