Alvera from Virmond
Alvera von Virmond (also von Viermund or von Virmund ; * May 3, 1617 in Neersen , † February 24, 1649 in Jülich ) was a Catholic nun and first prioress of the Sepulchrine Convent in Jülich.
Alvera was the daughter of Baron Johann II von Viermund zu Neersen and his wife Johanna Maria von Flodorf zu Leuth and Reichholt. She was born on May 3, 1617 in her father's castle Neersen .
She lived at the time of the Thirty Years War . Under the impression of the murder of her father, she and her sister Obilia joined the order of the women choirs of the Holy Sepulcher at St. Leonhard in Aachen in 1633 .
On July 14, 1644, she moved to Jülich. There she was one of the founders of the local Sepulchrine Monastery and was elected by her fellow sisters as the first prioress of the Jülich Monastery.
She died on February 24, 1649 and was buried in the parish church in Jülich. Her successor as prioress was her sister Obilia von Viermund.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Franz Verres, Johann Peter Lentzen: Geschichte der Herrlichkeit Neersen and Anrath. Lentzen, Fischeln 1883, p. 284
literature
- Wolfgang Boochs: Alvera von Virmond. Biography of a sacred life. Bernardus-Verlag, Grevenbroich 1999, ISBN 3910082777 .
- Heinrich Schiffers: Alvera von Virmund, a saintly nun from Jülich. In: Rur flowers, supplement to Jülicher Kreisblatt. Born 1927, No. 46.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alvera from Virmond |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alvera of Virmund; Alvera von Viermund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prioress of the Jülich Monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1617 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neersen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1649 |
| Place of death | Jülich |