Achahildis

Achahildis, St. Sebald (Schwabach)

Achahildis († around 970 ; also called: Achatia, Atzin, Atzia, Atza) was a saint and founder of the church in Wendelstein . Her name means "God keeps fighting".

Until the 11th century Achahildis was considered the sister of Saint Kunigunde and, according to legend, performed two miracles in her life. She is said to have brought back to life a goose that had been stolen and eaten by her servants . Achahildis is said to have performed a second miracle during her pregnancy when she got an appetite for cherries in winter and a cherry tree in her garden bore ripe fruit. Due to the traditional miracles, Achahildis is depicted in bourgeois clothing with either three geese or a goose leg and a cherry tree with ripe red fruits.

The feast day of Saint Achahildis is October 29th. She was especially venerated in the 15th century in the Wendelstein region. Today there is a small chapel dedicated to her in Wendelstein.

literature

• Erhard Gorys : Lexicon of the saints . dtv , Munich 2005, ISBN 3-423-34149-1 .
• Clemens Jöckle: The great lexicon of saints . Parkland, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-89340-045-1 .

Web links

• Achahildis von Wendelstein. In: heiligenlexikon.de. Retrieved October 24, 2009 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wendelstein. In: www.wendelstein.de. Markt Wendelstein, July 5, 2012, accessed on December 24, 2013 (The blessed Achahildis, also Adelheid or Atzin, is named as the founder of the chapel (or fortified church). 
2. ↑ Achahildis von Wendelstein. In: heiligenlexikon.de. Retrieved October 24, 2009 . 
3. ↑ St. George's Church in Wendelstein near Nuremberg. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 27, 2013 ; Retrieved October 24, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.