Irmgard of Chiemsee

Irmgard or Irmengard of Chiemsee, also Irmgard von Buchau or Ermengard (* 831-833 in Regensburg, † July 16 866 in women Chiemsee ) is a daughter of King Louis the German and his wife Hemma.

Life

The epithet " of Buchau " stems from the fact that her father gave her the Benedictine monastery on the island Buchau Buchau in Federseemuseum in Württemberg as a benefice to own. There she had been brought up with her three sisters and probably occurred as a nun. Whether she's already been in Buchau abbess, on the other hand seems doubtful.

857 Before she moved to the Benedictine nun Chiemsee (also: Frauenwörth ), probably already in the function as abbess. Their task was that. Tassilo III founded, but now neglected and dilapidated monastery rebuilt and expanded. This earned her the reputation of being the "second founder " of the monastery.

Worship

Already the fact that their bones were buried under the south-west pillar of the cathedral in a marble coffin, points to their worship.

For the early 11th century the veneration Irmengards is also attested elsewhere. A grave plate made ​​at that time reported figuratively of their worship as blessed or saints. An originating from the same time lead tablet is labeled as follows: "Here lies Ermengarde, the daughter of Louis, king of the sublime, the exceedingly blessed Virgin. Seen ... the time of the abbess Tuta. Previously they had ( the monastery ) projected for many years " At the same place and the exact date of death is assigned: ." On 16 July, she took off her earthly body " This tablet has been found when, on October 17, 1631 from their bones. brought their original grave. Surprisingly it has been found here that the head was missing from the otherwise intact skeleton. This was brought to the first port to 1004/1010 by Abbot Gerhard of Seeon who had caused this opening, Seeon. There was, however, come to the 17th century no public worship, so that the operation was advised in both Frauenwörth and in Seeon into oblivion.

As 1922 Cardinal Faulhaber initiated the process of beatification, the grave was opened for the third time and simultaneously returned the relic head of Seeon after Frauenwörth. At this time, but could not yet be proven scientifically togetherness.

It was only on 27 April 2003, the bones and the skull of the Blessed Irmengard could be brought together in a glass shrine in the monastery church Frauenwörth in a solemn ceremony. It was preceded by a scientific study using DNA analysis on the membership of the bones in the skull Frauenwörth relic in the nearby monastery Seeon. This study had given a satisfactory result.

The Irmengard cult itself was only in 1928 by Pius XI. officially recognized on July 17, followed in 1929 beatification.

Remembrance

Your feast day is July 16 in Frauenwörth even the Irmengardstag is celebrated on the Sunday before or after 16 July. It is particularly highlighted in the regional calendar Rottenburg and the Regional Calendar of Munich and Freising.

Representation in art

In art she is crowned with rule book and Abtstab or with the heart in the hand presented in the habit of the Benedictines. Also, a bell and the campanille the women's island is one of its attributes.