[]September 25
Saints of the Day
 

Blessed Herman the Cripple, 1013-1054, Herman of Reichenau; Herman Contractus
The German Benedictine born with cerebral palsy and became a genius and a great poet author of Salve Regina

    Born with a cleft palate, cerebral palsy, and spina bifida to a farm family. His parents were unable to care for the child, and in 1020 gave him to the abbey of Reichenau at age seven; he spent the rest of his life there.
    Benedictine monk at age twenty. A genius, he studied and wrote on astronomy, theology, math, history, poetry, Arabic, Greek, and Latin. Built musical instruments, and astronomical equipment.
    Eventually went blind, and had to give up his academic writing. The most famous religious poet of his day, and is the author of Salve Regina and Alma Redemptoris Mater.
Born 18 February 1013 at Altshausen, Swabia (in modern Germany)
Died 21 September 1054 at Reichenau abbey of natural causes
Beatified 1863 (cultus confirmed)
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