Humbelina from Jully-sur-Sarce

Andreas Meinrad von Ow : Meeting of St. Bernhard with his sister Humbelina , ceiling fresco in the Wald monastery church (1753)

Humbelina of Jully-sur-Sarce or Humberga or Humberta (* in the 11th century ; † before 1136 in Jully-sur-Sarce ) was a Benedictine and prioress of the monastery of Jully-sur-Sarce. In 1703 she was beatified .

biography

Humbelina was the daughter of the knight Tescelin le Roux (the red-blonde) and his wife Aleth von Montbard and the sister of St. Bernard of Clairvaux , one of the greatest saints of the Cistercians . According to tradition, her brother Humbelina made a visit to choose the religious status. Only two years later, however, was she released by her husband and entered the Abbey of Jully-sur-Sarce. In 1130 she became the prioress of the monastery.

In 1703 the Cistercians were officially allowed to worship Humbelina of Jully-sur-Sarce. Their relics are still on display in Jully-sur-Sarce today. Her feast day is February 12th .

family

The holy Humbeline of Jully was probably identical with the wife of the same name of the lord of the castle Anséric II of Chacenay ( House Chacenay ). This assumption can be inferred from the documentary system of this couple, who made a donation to the Jully-sur-Sarce abbey in 1133, and two brothers of St. Bernard of Clairvaux also acted as witnesses, which implies a close relationship to them. And in 1137 the wife of Anséric II and her son Jakob von Chacenay made a donation in memory of her husband, who had died shortly before, to which St. Bernard of Clairvaux personally testified.

literature

Ekkart Sauser : Humbelina. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 20, Bautz, Nordhausen 2002, ISBN 3-88309-091-3 , Sp. 791. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

Remarks

↑ Les sires et les barons de Chacenay, ed. by Charles Lalore (1885), p. 194.
↑ Cartulaire du prieuré de Jully-les-Nonnains, ed. by Ernest Petit (1881), p. 13.

Web links

Commons : Humbelina - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints

personal data
SURNAME	Humbelina from Jully-sur-Sarce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Humberga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prioress of the monastery of Jully-sur-Sarce
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century
DATE OF DEATH	before 1136
Place of death	Jully-sur-Sarce

[1] Les sires et les barons de Chacenay, ed. by Charles Lalore (1885), p. 194.

[2] Cartulaire du prieuré de Jully-les-Nonnains, ed. by Ernest Petit (1881), p. 13.