Saint Sturm


Sturm
Abbot
Bornc. 705
Lorch, March of Styria
Died17 December 779
Fulda, Abbey of Fulda
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodoxy
Canonized1139 by Pope Innocent II
Feast17 December

Sturm (c. 705 – 17 December 779), also called Sturmius or Sturmi, was a disciple of Boniface and founder and first abbot of the Benedictine monastery and abbey of Fulda in 742 or 744. Sturm's tenure as abbot lasted from 747 until 779.