Wolfsindis von Reisbach
Wolfsindis von Reisbach is a regional saint of the Middle Ages in Lower Bavaria who is venerated as a holy virgin and martyr. The worship dates back to the 7th or 8th century.
Legend has it that Wolfsindis secretly became a Christian and was slain by the pagan father, whereupon a spring rose at the place of her death. According to another tradition, as a Christian virgin , she is said to have been tied to a horse by an admirer and dragged to death.
The saint and her grave were venerated at the latest since the 8th century, when the Bavarian Duke Tassilo III. (748–788) gave around 753/772 Reisbach to the Wessobrunn monastery. A church synod took place there in 798/799 . Wolfsindis is mentioned in a Wessobrunn necrology from the 10th century. They also list a document from Regensburg Bishop Heinrich I (1132–1155) from 1139 and a St. Gallen necrology from the 12th century. The Wolfsindis feast has been celebrated in Reisbach and neighboring Dirnaich since 1753 . The day of death and remembrance of the Wolfsindis has been September 2nd since ancient times . Its historicity is not in doubt, but its martyrdom is. The cult of the saints is linked to a spring cult: in the 18th and 19th centuries, many healings were ascribed to the water that now rises under the altar of the little church, which was built in 1822.
literature
- PW Auer: Wolfsindis, p . In: Johann E. Stadler , Franz Joseph Heim, Johann N. Ginal (eds.): Complete Lexicon of Saints ... , Volume 5 (Q-Z), B. Schmid'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (A. Manz), Augsburg 1882, pp. 997-999 . - (Appendix to Volumes 1 to 5, Volume 5, Addendum to p. 832)
- Reinhard Höppl: The traditions of the Wessobrunn monastery. Beck Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-406-10392-8 , p. 5.
- Georg Kolnberger: Sankt Wolfsindis . The saint and patron saint of the Reisbach market and the entire Vilstal valley. A historical sketch, Reisbach 1913.
- P. Morsbach: Wolfsindis - the little saint of Reisbach. In: Ratisbona Sacra. The diocese of Regensburg in the Middle Ages. Exhibition catalog, art collections of the Diocese of Regensburg, Diözesanmuseum Regensburg, catalogs and writings, vol. 6. Munich – Zurich 1989, p. 301 f.
- Ekkart Sauser : Wolfsindis. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 40-41.
- Dieter Vogel (Ed.): The Vilstal - Heimatbuch . Kiebitz Buch 1994, Vilsbiburg, pp. 200-201.
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| SURNAME | Wolfsindis von Reisbach |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | regional saints |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th century or 8th century |