Lukardis of Oberweimar

Relief by Lukardis on the pulpit of the Baumgartenberg Collegiate Church, Upper Austria

Lukardis von Oberweimar (* around 1274 probably in Erfurt ; † March 22, 1309 in Oberweimar ) was a German Cistercian and mystic .

Life

Lukardis entered the Cistercian convent in Oberweimar in 1286 at the age of only 12 . Even sickly she became the nurse of the monastery. Mystically gifted, she immersed herself in the Passion of Christ . She is reported to have stood and lay in the shape of a cross and received the stigmata , while other people are said to have heard metallic noises as well. In addition, there are reports of mystical visions that Lukardis experienced while contemplating the conception and birth of Jesus Christ . Skeptical of her visions, she is said to have initially hidden the stigmata. Her confessor, however, encouraged her, and the external circumstances of the visions aroused strong veneration of the mystic, to whom supernatural healings were ascribed.

After her death the worship of Lukardis continued. As a result of the Reformation , worship went under. There are no more references to her grave in the former monastery church.

literature

Peter Dinzelbacher : Body and Piety in Medieval Mental History. Paderborn 2006, ISBN 978-3-506-75613-8 .
Peter Dinzelbacher: 'Lukardis von Oberweimar' OCist. In: Author's Lexicon . Volume V, Col. 1045 f. (on a Latin biography by a contemporary of the Lukardis).
Paul Mitzschke: Lukard (Lukardis) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 135.
Ekkart Sauser : LUKARDIS. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 800 ( article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
Bardo Weiss: Jesus Christ among the early German mystics. Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-506-76693-9 . (on-line)
Kurt Ruh: History of occidental mysticism: Vol. II. Women's mysticism and Franciscan mysticism. CH Beck, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-406-34499-2 . P. 131f. (on-line)

Web link

Commons : Saint Lukardis - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Dinzelbacher: Body and Piety , 2006, p. 55.
↑ Dinzelbacher: Body and Piety , 2006, pp. 60f.
↑ Dinzelbacher: Body and Piety , 2006, pp. 102, 118.
^ The blessed Lukardis of Oberweimar (1276–1309). Short biography on the website of the evang.-luth. Parish of Oberweimar-Ehringsdorf.

personal data
SURNAME	Lukardis of Oberweimar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cistercian and Christian mystic
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1274
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH	March 22, 1309
Place of death	Oberweimar

[Dinzelbacher_S55-1] Dinzelbacher: Body and Piety , 2006, p. 55.

[Dinzelbacher_S60f-2] Dinzelbacher: Body and Piety , 2006, pp. 60f.

[Dinzelbacher_S102-3] Dinzelbacher: Body and Piety , 2006, pp. 102, 118.

[4] The blessed Lukardis of Oberweimar (1276–1309). Short biography on the website of the evang.-luth. Parish of Oberweimar-Ehringsdorf.