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'''Irmina of Oeren''' (also called '''Ermina''' and '''Hirmina'''; d. 720) was a [[saint]], founder and [[abbess]] of a [[convent]] in Oeren (now [[Alveringem]] in [[West Flanders|West Belgium]]), and co-founder of a convent in [[Echternach]] (now [[Luxembourg|eastern Luxembourg]]).<ref>Dunbar, p. 413</ref><ref name="sociallife" /> [[Hagiography|Hagiographer]] Basil Watkins states that Irmina's 12th century biography is "unreliable"<ref name="watkins-332" /> and it is likely that "legends about her family tree spiralled out of control",<ref name="irminaschurch">{{Cite web|title=St Irmina's Church|url=https://www.trier-info.de/en/places-of-interest/st-irminas-church|url-status=live|access-date=5 July 2021|publisher=Trier Tourism and Marketing|location=Trier, Germany|language=en}}</ref> but she came from one of the most powerful families in the [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] kingdom.<ref name="sociallife">{{Cite book|last=Kreiner|first=Jamie|title=The Social Life of Hagiography in the Merovingian Kingdom|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2014|isbn=978-1-107-65839-4|location=New York|pages=29|oclc=1089392785}}</ref> She might have been Saint Primina, the daughter of [[Dagobert I]] and sister of [[Saint Modesta]]. She might have been the daughter of [[Dagobert II]] and sister of [[Adela of Pfalzel|Saint Adela of Pfalze]].<ref name="watkins-332" /><ref name="dunbar-414">Dunbar, p. 414</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Fouracre|first=Paul|title=Frankland: The Franks and the World of the Early Middle Ages|date=2020|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-5261-4825-4|editor-last=Nelson|editor-first=Janet L.|location=Manchester, UK|pages=83|chapter=Forgetting and Remembering Dagobert II: The English Connection|oclc=1149150096|editor-last2=Fouracre|editor-first2=Paul|editor-last3=Ganz|editor-first3=David}}</ref> Historian Ian Wood stated that Irmina is "traditionally, and probably correctly, identified as [[Plectrude|Plectrude's]] mother".<ref name="ianwood |
'''Irmina of Oeren''' (also called '''Ermina''' and '''Hirmina'''; d. 720) was a [[saint]], founder and [[abbess]] of a [[convent]] in Oeren (now [[Alveringem]] in [[West Flanders|West Belgium]]), and co-founder of a convent in [[Echternach]] (now [[Luxembourg|eastern Luxembourg]]).<ref>Dunbar, p. 413</ref><ref name="sociallife" /> [[Hagiography|Hagiographer]] Basil Watkins states that Irmina's 12th century biography is "unreliable"<ref name="watkins-332" /> and it is likely that "legends about her family tree spiralled out of control",<ref name="irminaschurch">{{Cite web|title=St Irmina's Church|url=https://www.trier-info.de/en/places-of-interest/st-irminas-church|url-status=live|access-date=5 July 2021|publisher=Trier Tourism and Marketing|location=Trier, Germany|language=en}}</ref> but she came from one of the most powerful families in the [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] kingdom.<ref name="sociallife">{{Cite book|last=Kreiner|first=Jamie|title=The Social Life of Hagiography in the Merovingian Kingdom|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2014|isbn=978-1-107-65839-4|location=New York|pages=29|oclc=1089392785}}</ref> She might have been Saint Primina, the daughter of [[Dagobert I]] and sister of [[Saint Modesta]]. She might have been the daughter of [[Dagobert II]] and sister of [[Adela of Pfalzel|Saint Adela of Pfalze]].<ref name="watkins-332" /><ref name="dunbar-414">Dunbar, p. 414</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Fouracre|first=Paul|title=Frankland: The Franks and the World of the Early Middle Ages|date=2020|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-5261-4825-4|editor-last=Nelson|editor-first=Janet L.|location=Manchester, UK|pages=83|chapter=Forgetting and Remembering Dagobert II: The English Connection|oclc=1149150096|editor-last2=Fouracre|editor-first2=Paul|editor-last3=Ganz|editor-first3=David}}</ref> Historian Ian Wood stated that Irmina is "traditionally, and probably correctly, identified as [[Plectrude|Plectrude's]] mother".<ref name="ianwood" /> |
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According to many versions of Irmina's biography, when she was fifteen years old,<ref name="watkins-332" /> she was engaged to marry a man named Count Hermann, but just before they were to marry, he was killed in a [[Murder–suicide|murder-suicide]] by one of his servants, who "admired Irmina and could not bear that his master should have her".<ref name="dunbar-414" /> Irmina's father was ready to marry her to another man, but she chose to become a nun instead, a decision he supported, building her a convent in Oeren, which was eventually named after her and where she later became its second abbess. She was succeeded as abbess by her sister, Saint Modesta. Irmina donated lands to help co-found, with [[Willibrord|Saint Willibrord]] of Northumberland, the convent in Echternacht in 697 or 698.<ref name="watkins-332" /><ref name="irminaschurch" /><ref name="dunbar-414" /><ref name="ianwood">{{Cite book|last=Wood|first=Ian|title=Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300-900|date=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-81347-6|editor-last=Brubaker|editor-first=Leslie|location=Cambridge, U.K.|pages=247|chapter=Genealogy Defined by Women: The Case of the Pippinids|oclc=54035406|editor-last2=Smith|editor-first2=Julia M. H.}}</ref> Historian Jamie Kreiner called the founding of the Echternacht convent "a cooperative venture"<ref name="sociallife" /> between Willibrord and Irmina's family, who later promised to protect the convent and its holdings after Willibrord promised [[fidelity]] to them in 706.<ref name="sociallife" /> Watkins reported that Irmina was "generous to both [[Celts|Celtic]] and [[Saxons|Saxon]] [[missionary]] monks".<ref name="watkins-332" /> Irmina died in 720 at the monastery at [[Weißenburg in Bayern|Weissenburg]], which was also founded by her father.<ref name="dunbar-414" /><ref name="watkins-332" /> |
According to many versions of Irmina's biography, when she was fifteen years old,<ref name="watkins-332" /> she was engaged to marry a man named Count Hermann, but just before they were to marry, he was killed in a [[Murder–suicide|murder-suicide]] by one of his servants, who "admired Irmina and could not bear that his master should have her".<ref name="dunbar-414" /> Irmina's father was ready to marry her to another man, but she chose to become a nun instead, a decision he supported, building her a convent in Oeren, which was eventually named after her and where she later became its second abbess. She was succeeded as abbess by her sister, Saint Modesta. Irmina donated lands to help co-found, with [[Willibrord|Saint Willibrord]] of Northumberland, the convent in Echternacht in 697 or 698.<ref name="watkins-332" /><ref name="irminaschurch" /><ref name="dunbar-414" /><ref name="ianwood">{{Cite book|last=Wood|first=Ian|title=Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300-900|date=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-81347-6|editor-last=Brubaker|editor-first=Leslie|location=Cambridge, U.K.|pages=247|chapter=Genealogy Defined by Women: The Case of the Pippinids|oclc=54035406|editor-last2=Smith|editor-first2=Julia M. H.}}</ref> Historian Jamie Kreiner called the founding of the Echternacht convent "a cooperative venture"<ref name="sociallife" /> between Willibrord and Irmina's family, who later promised to protect the convent and its holdings after Willibrord promised [[fidelity]] to them in 706.<ref name="sociallife" /> Watkins reported that Irmina was "generous to both [[Celts|Celtic]] and [[Saxons|Saxon]] [[missionary]] monks".<ref name="watkins-332" /> Irmina died in 720 at the monastery at [[Weißenburg in Bayern|Weissenburg]], which was also founded by her father.<ref name="dunbar-414" /><ref name="watkins-332" /> |
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saint Irmina of Oeren abbess | |
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Residence | Oeren, West Belgium |
Died | 720 Wissembourg |
Feast | December 24 |
Attributes | a church in her hand, signifying her status as a church founder; with two angels above her head, carrying her soul to heaven |
Patronage | Catholic Church |
Irmina of Oeren (also called Ermina and Hirmina; d. 720) was a saint, founder and abbess of a convent in Oeren (now Alveringem in West Belgium), and co-founder of a convent in Echternach (now eastern Luxembourg).[1][2] Hagiographer Basil Watkins states that Irmina's 12th century biography is "unreliable"[3] and it is likely that "legends about her family tree spiralled out of control",[4] but she came from one of the most powerful families in the Merovingian kingdom.[2] She might have been Saint Primina, the daughter of Dagobert I and sister of Saint Modesta. She might have been the daughter of Dagobert II and sister of Saint Adela of Pfalze.[3][5][6] Historian Ian Wood stated that Irmina is "traditionally, and probably correctly, identified as Plectrude's mother".[7]
According to many versions of Irmina's biography, when she was fifteen years old,[3] she was engaged to marry a man named Count Hermann, but just before they were to marry, he was killed in a murder-suicide by one of his servants, who "admired Irmina and could not bear that his master should have her".[5] Irmina's father was ready to marry her to another man, but she chose to become a nun instead, a decision he supported, building her a convent in Oeren, which was eventually named after her and where she later became its second abbess. She was succeeded as abbess by her sister, Saint Modesta. Irmina donated lands to help co-found, with Saint Willibrord of Northumberland, the convent in Echternacht in 697 or 698.[3][4][5][7] Historian Jamie Kreiner called the founding of the Echternacht convent "a cooperative venture"[2] between Willibrord and Irmina's family, who later promised to protect the convent and its holdings after Willibrord promised fidelity to them in 706.[2] Watkins reported that Irmina was "generous to both Celtic and Saxon missionary monks".[3] Irmina died in 720 at the monastery at Weissenburg, which was also founded by her father.[5][3]
Irmina's feast day is December 24.[3] She is the patron saint of Trevos and is represented with a church in her hand, signifying her status as a church founder, and with two angels above her head, carrying her soul to heaven.[5]
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References
- ^ Dunbar, p. 413
- ^ a b c d e f g Watkins, Basil (2016). The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary (Eighth ed.). London: T&T Clark. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-567-66414-3. OCLC 908373623.
- ^ a b "St Irmina's Church". Trier, Germany: Trier Tourism and Marketing. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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- ^ Fouracre, Paul (2020). "Forgetting and Remembering Dagobert II: The English Connection". In Nelson, Janet L.; Fouracre, Paul; Ganz, David (eds.). Frankland: The Franks and the World of the Early Middle Ages. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-5261-4825-4. OCLC 1149150096.
- ^ a b Wood, Ian (2004). "Genealogy Defined by Women: The Case of the Pippinids". In Brubaker, Leslie; Smith, Julia M. H. (eds.). Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300-900. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 247. ISBN 0-521-81347-6. OCLC 54035406.
Works cited
- Dunbar, Agnes B.C. (1901). A Dictionary of Saintly Women. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 413–414.