Pierre Fisch (died 15 March 1657) was the 64th

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of St Willibrord's Abbey,

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. He was born in

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and studied at the

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. He became abbot in 1628 and worked to improve the standards of theological education at the monastery, inviting lecturers and restocking the library.Auguste Neyen, ''Biographie Luxembourgeoise'' (Luxembourg, 1860), 196–197. He also built a new chapel dedicated to St Sebastian in the monastery church. In the

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he was the first representative of the ecclesiastical

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for the

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. He died on 15 March 1657 and was buried in the abbey church. In 1829 his tomb was opened and his remains were transferred to the Lady Chapel.

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of Pierre Fisch as abbot. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fisch, Pierre Year of birth unknown 1657 deaths Abbots of Echternach 17th-century Christian abbots