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St. Gall Abbey: A Cultural Legacy by Diego Milia is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The Irish monk St. Gall founded a hermitage in a forest in eastern Switzerland around 613 AD with a few disciples. This small community grew over time into the powerful Abbey of St. Gall, which would exist for over 1000 years and become an important center of learning in Europe. St. Gall established the hermitage at the foot of a cliff by a brook, and the land was granted to him. The abbey grew out of these humble beginnings under St. Gall

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Diego Milia

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