St. Ursicinus
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Patron: invoked against stiff neck
Death: 625
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Irish missionary and disciple of St. Coluinbanus at the monastery of Luxeuil, France. he accompanied St. Columbanus into exile (c. 610) after the abbot was banished from Burgundy, journeying with him to Switzerland and founding the monastery of St. Ursanne. Ursicinus used the community as the base for his missionary efforts among the local pagan tribes of the Alamanni.