Judith von Ringelheim

Copy of the Ringelheim Cross that Bernward von Hildesheim donated for his sister Judith

Judith von Ringelheim († March 13, beginning of the 11th century) was the abbess of the Ringelheim women's choir . She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church .

Judith's parents were Dietrich von Sachsen († 995) and Friteruna; her brother the Bishop Bernward von Hildesheim . As abbess, she headed the women's choir founded in 941 in Ringelheim , today's district of Salzgitter . She died on March 13th, probably at the beginning of the 11th century.

Bernward donated the so-called Ringelheimer Kreuz , a monumental wooden sculpture of the crucified Christ of the highest art-historical rank (today in the Hildesheim Cathedral Museum ) as a gift or memorial for them .

The only news about her is an entry in the necrology of the Hildesheim St. Michaelis monastery for March 13th, which records the death of a Judith abbatissa in Ringelen, soror beati Bernwardi episcopi .

literature

Ekkart Sauser : Judith. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 774. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Individual evidence

^ Fatherland archive of the historical association for Lower Saxony, year 1842, p. 418 ; to Wolfgang Petke : pin Ringelsheim between needle, King and Bishop (around 941-1150). In: Geschichtsverein Salzgitter eV (Ed.): Salzgitter Yearbook 1993/1994. Volume 14, 1994, ISSN 0723-757X, pp. 91-110, here pp. 91 and 103.

personal data
SURNAME	Judith von Ringelheim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Holy Blessed Judith
DATE OF BIRTH	10th century
DATE OF DEATH	March 13th 11th century

[1] Fatherland archive of the historical association for Lower Saxony, year 1842, p. 418 ; to Wolfgang Petke : pin Ringelsheim between needle, King and Bishop (around 941-1150). In: Geschichtsverein Salzgitter eV (Ed.): Salzgitter Yearbook 1993/1994. Volume 14, 1994, ISSN 0723-757X, pp. 91-110, here pp. 91 and 103.