Home >> Society >> Religion and Spirituality >> Christianity >> People >> Saints >> V >> Saint Vergilius of Salzburg St. Vergilius of Salzburg Irish-born Abbot of St. Peter's monastery at Salzburg. He held that the earth was round, for which St. Boniface accused him of heresy. Vergilius freed himself of the charge, and went on to become a missionary, dying in 789. St. Virgilius Short biography of the saint, known to his Irish contemporaries as "the Geometer." By Clifford Stevens. Vergil of Salzburg Short biography of one of the most learned men of his time. By Karen Rae Keck. Virgil of Salzburg, OSB Biography.
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