Boniface Wimmer
Founder of Saint Vincent College
Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, OSB was a German monk who in 1846 founded the first Benedictine monastery in the United States, Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, forty miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
In 1855, Wimmer founded the... Wikipedia
Born: January 14, 1809, Thalmassing, Germany
Died: December 8, 1887 (age 78 years), Latrobe, PA
Buried: Saint Vincent Cemetery
Organizations founded: Saint Vincent College, Saint Vincent Seminary, American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, and more
Church: Roman Catholic
Motto: In Hoc Signo Vinces