Mercher roof
Mercherdach (also Muiredach, Murchertachus others) was an Irish pilgrim monk in the 11th century as a recluse at the Obermünster Church of Regensburg lived. He is venerated as a blessed.
According to unconfirmed sources, Mercherdach is said to have been in Regensburg as early as 1054, where he met his compatriot Marianus Scottus in the 1070s . He and Marianus have become close friends, and Marianus has consulted him several times, as reported in Marianus' vita. Mercherdach was enclosed as an inclusion in a small cell attached to the church. He received food through a small window, which, as usual with inclusions, probably consisted mainly of bread and water. He died after 1074/1075. A Mercherdachs tombstone - albeit from a later time - has been preserved, as well as a building called Mercherdachkapelle near Obermünster, which was built at the location of the cell.
literature
- Michael Buchberger (Ed.): 1200 years of the diocese of Regensburg. Regensburg 1939, p. 30.
- Helmut Flachenecker : Schottenklöster. Irish Benedictine convents in high medieval Germany. Paderborn et al. 1995.
- H. Count von Waldersdorff: St. Mercherdach and St. Marian and the beginnings of the Schottenklöster in Regensburg. In: Negotiations of the historical association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg. 34, 1879, pp. 189-232.
- Stefan Weber: Irish on the continent. The life of Marianus Scottus of Regensburg and the beginnings of the Irish monasteries. Heidelberg 2010 (with edition of the Vita Mariani Scotti).
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| SURNAME | Mercher roof |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish monk, incluse, blessed |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century or 11th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 11th century |
| Place of death | regensburg |