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Also known as

• Apostle of Switzerland
• Beatus of Beatenberg
• Beatus of Thun

Memorial

• 9 May

Profile

Convert, baptized in England by Saint Barnabas the Apostle. Priest, ordained in Rome, Italy by Saint Peter the Apostle. Missionary to Switzerland. Lived in a cave above the Lake of Thun, which tradition says is where he fought a dragon (often used as a metaphor for chasing the devil out of a region by bringing in Christianity); it became known as Mount Beatenburg in his honor, and became a place of pilgrimage in later years. Confessor of the faith.

Died

• c.112 on Mount Beatenburg, Lake of Thun, Switzerland of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation
• after the Reformation his cultus was transferred to the chapel at Lungern, Obwalden

Patronage

• in Switzerland
  • Beatenberg
  • Thun

Representation

• old man in a cave, usually reading
• monk fighting or chasing a dragon
• monk with a book and a weapon

MLA Citation

• “Saint Beatus of Lungern“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 March 2024. Web. 20 May 2024. <>