Kunegundis from the lip

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Kunegundis von der Lippe (* before 1200 , † after 1220 ) was abbess at Freckenhorst Abbey .

Life

Origin and family

Kunegundis von der Lippe came as the daughter of Bernhard zur Lippe and his wife Heilwig von Are-Hochstaden of the high nobility of the Lippe family . Some of her eleven siblings entered the church service, such as Otto , Bishop of Utrecht, Bernhard , Bishop of Paderborn, Gebhard , Archbishop of Bremen, Dietrich, Provost in Deventer, Gertrud, Abbess in Herford, and Ethelind, Abbess in Bassum. Her brother Hermann was the successor in the Lippe family.

Career and work

Kunegundis was the successor of the abbess Goda . Few documents have survived from her term of office. It occurs only once by name in a document. On October 30, 1219, it was about the settlement of a dispute between the Metelen abbess Gertrud and the Freckenhorst dean over a tithe . The Holy Cross enjoyed special veneration in Freckenhorst. At times it even gave the pen its name. The veneration of the cross , celebrated annually on May 3rd or the following Sunday in Freckenhorst in a long tradition , gained considerably in importance under Kunegundis and their successors. Kunegundi's year of death is unknown. Her successor Ida took office as abbess around 1225.

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SURNAME Kunegundis from the lip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kunigunde to the lip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbess in Freckenhorst Abbey
DATE OF BIRTH before 1200
DATE OF DEATH around 1220