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Germanic paganism briefly reached Switzerland in the fifth century. Its believers were converted to Christianity in the sixth and seventh centuries, thanks to Saint Gallus, an Irish monk and missionary. He died near today's St Gallen, and the church where he was buried later became an abbey and an important centre of learning.
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