Blessed Irmengard of Chiemsee | |
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Born | c. 830/833 Regensburg, Bavaria |
Died | 16 July 866 Frauenchiemsee |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 17 July 1929 by Pope Pius XI |
Feast | 16 July |
Attributes | crowned, in Benedictine habit with the crozier of an abbess, holding a flaming heart |
Irmgard of Chiemsee (German: Selige Irmgard, also Irmengard; c. 831/833 – 16 July 866), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was the second daughter of King Louis the German and his wife Hemma. She was the first abbess of Frauenwörth abbey from 857 until her death.[1]