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