Saint Gall

British  

/ sɛ̃ ɡal /

noun

1. a canton of NE Switzerland. Capital: St Gall. Pop: 455 200 (2002 est). Area: 2012 sq km (777 sq miles)

2. a town in NE Switzerland, capital of St Gall canton: an important educational centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 72 626 (2000)

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Example Sentences

M. Compayr� says that in 1291 of all the monks of the Convent of Saint Gall there was not one who could read and write.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

One of the most important of these, of which history makes mention, was that of the Abbaye de Saint Gall, of which Charlemagne was capitular.

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche

And when this place no longer suited her, she removed to a cell in the valley of Saint Gall.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann

Saint Gall had become noted for its music.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson

Irish monks, who carried Greek from Gaul to Ireland in the fifth century, brought it back in the seventh century to Saint Gall, founded by them in 614.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson