Fulda

Earnestly recall the people from the paths of error, finish the construction of the basilica at Fulda, which is now in process of building, and bring thither this body of mine now wasted by the toil of years.

The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

The work immediately preceding the fragment is in an insular hand, of the kind practised at various continental monasteries, such as Fulda; there are certain notes in the usual continental hand.

A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York Edward Kennard Rand 1908

Earnestly recall the people from the paths of error, finish the construction of the basilica at Fulda, which is now in the process of building, and bring thither this body of mine now wasted by the toil of years. "

Word from the Desert 2009

A facile reasoning would be that Russia, unlike Soviet Union of yore, would have to start by massing her forces in Belorus, then to cross a number of major rivers, Nemen, Vistula, Oder and Elbe, race through Saxony and Thuringia, and only after that 1000 mile long obstacle course could enter Fulda gap.

Matthew Yglesias » Defense Spending in Europe 2010

Because a good portion of American armor is stationed in Europe, specifically, Germany, where the Fulda Gap is.

Matthew Yglesias » Defense Spending in Europe 2010

The dioceses of Fulda, Mainz, Limburgo and Breslau venerate him as a saint or blessed.

Benedict on the Liturgy: "The Faith is not only thought" 2009

Despite the fact that he was first elected abbot of the famous monastery of Fulda, and afterward archbishop of his native city of Mainz, he did not leave aside his studies, demonstrating with the example of his life that one can be at the same time available for others without neglecting because of this an adequate time of reflection, study and meditation.

Benedict on the Liturgy: "The Faith is not only thought" 2009

Ah, the dreaded Fulda Gap, at the border of Germany and, well Germany.

Matthew Yglesias » Defense Spending in Europe 2010

As the Abbot of Fulda and then as Archbishop of Mainz, he contributed through his vast learning and pastoral zeal to the unity of the Empire and the transmission of a Christian culture deeply nourished by the Scriptures and the Fathers of the Church.

Benedict on the Liturgy: "The Faith is not only thought" 2009

To Ike, Nukes and CIA cloak and dagger stuff was cheaper than maintaining an army big enough to assuredly stop the Soviets in the Fulda Gap.

Matthew Yglesias » Cold War Hawks and the Soviet Economy 2010