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Irmina then married [[Hugobert]], a magnate from the middle Moselle region, who served as seneschal and was a count of the palace at the Merovingian court during the reigns of Theuderic III and [[Childebert III]]. They had several daughters, including:
Irmina then married [[Hugobert]], a magnate from the middle Moselle region, who served as seneschal and was a count of the palace at the Merovingian court during the reigns of Theuderic III and [[Childebert III]]. They had several daughters, including:
* [[Plectrude]], 691/717 wife of [[Pippin of Herstal]] and founder of the Abbey [[St. Maria im Kapitol]] in [[Cologne]]<ref name=Mckitterick>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iiapDwAAQBAJ&dq=Hugobert&pg=PA29 Mckitterick, Rosamond. ''The Frankish Kingdoms Under the Carolingians 751-987'', Routledge, 2018, p. 29] {{ISBN|9781317872481}}</ref>
* [[Plectrude]], 691/717 wife of [[Pippin of Herstal]] and founder of the Abbey [[St. Maria im Kapitol]] in [[Cologne]]<ref name=Mckitterick>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iiapDwAAQBAJ&dq=Hugobert&pg=PA29 Mckitterick, Rosamond. ''The Frankish Kingdoms Under the Carolingians 751-987'', Routledge, 2018, p. 29] {{ISBN|9781317872481}}</ref>
* Adela (655-732), abbess of Pfalzel, married to Eudes I, Duke of Aquitaine (questionable [[Odo the Great]] and son of [[Saint Oda]])
* Adela (655-732), abbess of Pfalzel, married to Eudes I, Duke of Aquitaine (questionable [[Odo the Great]] and son of [[Saint Oda]]) {{Citation needed}}
* [[Regintrud]], whose second marriage after the death of her husband was to the duke [[Theudebert of Bavaria]]
* [[Regintrud]], whose second marriage after the death of her husband was to the duke [[Theudebert of Bavaria]]
* Irmina (d. ca 704), married to Chariveus, brother of [[Lambert, Count of Hesbaye]].
* Irmina (d. ca 704), married to Chariveus, brother of [[Lambert, Count of Hesbaye]].{{Citation needed}}
* [[Bertrada of Prüm]] (b. c. 670, d. after 721), the founder of the [[Prüm Abbey]] and mother of count [[Caribert of Laon]], who was father of [[Bertrada of Laon]], who in turn was mother of [[Charlemagne]].<ref name=Mckitterick/>
* [[Bertrada of Prüm]] (b. c. 670, d. after 721), the founder of the [[Prüm Abbey]] and mother of count [[Caribert of Laon]], who was father of [[Bertrada of Laon]], who in turn was mother of [[Charlemagne]].<ref name=Mckitterick/>{{Citation needed}}


After the death of Hugobert, around 697, she built her a monastery at Oeren in Trier, which was eventually named after her, and where she succeeded as abbess 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" />
After the death of Hugobert, around 697, she built her a monastery at Oeren in Trier, which was eventually named after her, and where she succeeded as abbess 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" />

Revision as of 21:42, 11 March 2024

Saint

Irmina of Oeren

Abbess
ResidenceOeren, Trier, Germany
Died720
Wissembourg
Venerated inCatholic Church
FeastDecember 24
AttributesA church in her hand
Two angels above her head
PatronageCatholic Church
Trevos

Irmina of Oeren (also called Ermina and Hirmina; died 720) was a saint, founder and abbess of a convent in Oeren, near Trier (Trèves), 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 then married Hugobert, a magnate from the middle Moselle region, who served as seneschal and was a count of the palace at the Merovingian court during the reigns of Theuderic III and Childebert III. They had several daughters, including:

After the death of Hugobert, around 697, she built her a monastery at Oeren in Trier, which was eventually named after her, and where she succeeded as abbess 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]

Echternach Abbey in the valley of the river Sauer

References

  1. ^ Dunbar, p. 413
  2. ^ a b c d Kreiner, Jamie (2014). The Social Life of Hagiography in the Merovingian Kingdom. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-107-65839-4. OCLC 1089392785.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "St Irmina's Church". Trier, Germany: Trier Tourism and Marketing. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e Dunbar, p. 414
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b Mckitterick, Rosamond. The Frankish Kingdoms Under the Carolingians 751-987, Routledge, 2018, p. 29 ISBN 9781317872481

Works cited

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  • Dunbar, Agnes B.C. (1901). A Dictionary of Saintly Women. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 413–414.
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