Tuesday, November 22, 2011

SAINT WILTRUDIS



St. Wiltrudis

Feastday: January 6
986

Widow and Benedictine nun. The wife of Duke Berthold of Bavaria, she became a nun after her husband's death (c. 947) and founded the convent of Bergen, near Neuburg, Germany, on the Danube about 976. She was well-Imown for her goodness and her abilities as an artisan.


+ c 986. After her husband's death (c 947), she founded (c 976) the convent of Bergen near Neuburg in Germany and herself became a nun and the first abbess.

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