deaths
March 27, 710
Rupert of Salzburg, Austrian bishop and saint (born 660)

Rupert of Salzburg
Rupert of Salzburg was Bishop of Worms as well as the first Bishop of Salzburg and abbot of St. Peter's Abbey in Salzburg. He was a contemporary of the Frankish king Childebert III. Rupert is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Rupert is also patron saint of the Austrian state of Salzburg.
March 27
March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 279 days remain until the end of the year.