Emma of Lesum or Emma of Stiepel (also known as Hemma and Imma) (c. 975-980 – 3 December 1038) was a countess popularly venerated as a saint for her good works; she is also the first female inhabitant of
Bremen to be known by name.
See also
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List of Catholic saints
This is an incomplete list of people and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints. According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision. Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Cale ...
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Saint Emma of Lesum, patron saint archive
Notes
Sources
*Schwarzwälder, Herbert, 2003: ''
Das Große Bremen-Lexikon
''Das Große Bremen-Lexikon'' is an 18th-century encyclopaedia by the Freie Hansestadt Bremen, written by Herbert Schwarzwälder about
* the region, as Territory of Bremen, as Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (Bremen Archbishopric), as Bremen-Verd ...
''. Edition Temmen.
External links
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Heiligenlexikon*
Kirchensite.de*
Bremen Town Park
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10th-century births
1038 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
German countesses
German Roman Catholic saints
History of Bremen (city)
People from Bremen
11th-century German women
Christian female saints of the Middle Ages
11th-century Christian saints
House of Immedinger