Disibod

At the age of thirty he was ordained, and shortly after, chosen to succeed the recently deceased bishop.

[1] According to Hildegard's Vita sancti Dysibodi,[3] Disibod came to the Frankish Empire in 640 as a missionary, accompanied by his disciples Giswald, Clemens and Sallust.

They were active in the Vosges and Ardennes, until, guided by a dream, Disibod built a cell at the confluence of the rivers Nahe and Glan, the location of the later monastery of Disibodenberg.

His labours continued during the latter half of the seventh century, and, though he led the life of an anchorite, he had a numerous community, who built bee-hive cells, in the Irish fashion, on the eastern slopes of the hill.

He frequently wished to appoint a head over the community, but the monks strenuously objected, and would have none while he lived.