Saint Irmgardis, Saint Irmgard of Süchteln (1000 - † 1065 or 1082/1089,

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) was a medieval saint and sovereign Countess Irmgardis of Aspel (Germany) in 1013–1085. Her relics are preserved in sarcophagus in the altar of

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. Also known as Saint Irmgardis of Köln, the sources show her as Reigning Countess, and after her parents died, she distributed her wealth among hospitals, churches and social institutions. She lived a simple life in solitude and went on three pilgrimages to

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. She spent her last years in Köln, where she supported Chapters and Convents. Her feast day is 4 September.

Institutions named after St. Irmgardis

* Church in

Süchteln Süchteln is a borough (''Stadtbezirk'') of Viersen, a town which is the centre of the ''Districts of Germany, Kreis'' of Viersen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Süchteln was formerly an independent town; the Catholic parish church of Pope Cl ...

, near

Viersen Viersen (; li, Veeëse) is the capital of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Viersen is situated approximately 8 km north-west of Mönchengladbach, 15 km south-west of Krefeld and 20 km east o ...

(Irmgardis-Kapelle) * Hospital in

(St. Irmgardis-Krankenhaus) * School in

(Irmgardis-Gymnasium in Köln) * Kindergarten in

(Kindergarten St. Irmgardis) * Brotherhood in

Kevelaer Kevelaer ( Low Rhenish: ''Käwela'') is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is the largest Catholic pilgrimage location within north-western Europe. More than 1 million pilgrims, mostly from Germany and t ...

(St. Irmgardis-Bruderschaft 1663 e.V.)

Literature

* Arie Nabrings: Irmgardis von Süchteln, Volksheilige, im Online-Portal Rheinische Geschichte, veröffentlicht am 8. März 2013. * Josef Kleinermanns: Die h. Irmgardis von Aspel und ihre Beziehungen zu Rees, Süchteln und Köln: ein Beitrag zur Rhein. Heiligengeschichte. Stauff, Köln 1900 (Digitalisat). * Arie Nabrings: Die hl. Irmgardis von Süchteln. Rheinlandia, Siegburg 1995, . * Peter Norrenberg: Die heilige Irmgardis von Süchteln. Aus der rheinischen Geschichte, Band 19. Bonn 1894. *Margret Riedel: St. Irmgardis – Herrscherin und Heilige vom Niederrhein. Teil 1 und 2, Wesel-Diersfordt 1985. * Klaus-Gunther Wesseling: Irmgard von Köln. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, , Sp. 1334–1335. * Ekkart Sauser: Irmgard, Gräfin von Aspel. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 23, Bautz, Nordhausen 2004, , Sp. 719–720. * Irmgardis, B.. In: Johann E. Stadler, Franz Joseph Heim, Johann N. Ginal (Hrsg.): Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon ..., 3. Band ( –L), B. Schmid’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (A. Manz), Augsburg 1869, S. 57.

External links

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