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===Christianization=== * [[Saint Gall]], an [[Irish monk]] who in the early 7th century helped introduce Christianity to eastern Switzerland. The [[Abbey of St. Gall]] is believed to have been built on the site of his hermitage.<ref>{{Cite CE1913|wstitle=St. Gall}}</ref> * [[Magnus of Füssen]], a missionary saint in southern Germany. He was active in the 7th or 8th century and is considered the founder of [[St. Mang's Abbey, Füssen]].<ref>{{Cite CE1913|wstitle=St. Magnus}}</ref> * [[Saint Fridolin]], patron of [[Glarus]]. He is traditionally believed to be an Irish saint who founded [[Säckingen Abbey]], [[Baden]], in the 6th or 7th century. According to legend, he converted a landowner who left his estates, now the Canton of Glarus, to Fridolin. When the landowner's brother took Fridolin to court over the gift, Fridolin raised the landowner from the dead to confirm its legitimacy.<ref>{{cite book |last=Leo |first=Hermann |title=Der heilige Fridolin |publisher=Herder |year=1886 |pages=163–167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PI9FAAAAIAAJ}}</ref>
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