(Link to the St. Virgil Parish History Page.)
The Story of St. Virgilius and the St. Virgilīs Relic
Read the story of the Irish monk, abbot and bishop who is our patron saint and the story of the St. Virgilīs relic as written for our Parish History in Adobe PDF format for easy printing, by clicking here. OR read the same text in the next two articles. (The photo to the right is close up detail from the life-sized statue of St. Virgilius at the Church of St. Virgil´s, Morris Plains, NJ, USA.)
About St. Virgil
Virgil was a Benedictine Abbot from Ireland, scholar, scientist and Bishop of Salzburg who taught that The world was round. (From A Story of A People, the Centennial history of St. Virgil´s Parish, Morris Plains, NJ.)
The Story of the St. Virgilīs Relic
The St. Virgil relic reposes in a public religuary in the Church of St. Virgils, Morris Plains. There have been claims that devotion to this relic has produced remarkable results.
St. Virgil: A short formal history
From "The One Year Book of Saints"
The History Of St. Virgil Of Salzburg: His Life and Work
The story of St. Virgil by an monk from the Abby of St. Peterīs in Salzburg, Austria, translated from the original German for St. Virgilīs Parish.
Another view of St. Virgil
From a weblog
Some selected images of St. Virgilius
Stained glass window in the Assumption Church, Morristown, NJ, USA.
An original oil painting hanging in St. Virgilīs Church, Morris Plains, NJ, USA.
An original life-sized statue of St. Virgil in the Churchof St. Virgilīs, Morris Plains, NJ, USA.
Statue of St. Virgil outside of The Dom, Saltzburg, Austria.
A small statue of St. Virgil, St. Virgilīs Church, Morris Plains, NJ, USA.
An old holy card of St. Virgilius.
St. Virgil links
Short on-line biography of Virgil.;
The story of the Archdiocese of Salzburg, founded by St. Virgil.
The Parish of Aghaboe, Ireland, Virgilīs roots.
The home page of Virgilīs Cathedral of St. Peter in Salzburg, Austria. In German.Translated into English.
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