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Uznach Abbey

Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland · built 1919

St Otmar's Abbey, Uznach, Switzerland, is a monastery of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien. It was established in the wake of World War I to expand the Congregation's resources beyond Germany. To this day, the monastery continues to procure funds and send personnel to Benedictine missions in the Global South. The current superior of the monastic community is Fr Adelrich Staub, Prior Administrator.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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