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Holy Venerables

Einhildis and Roswinda

Holy nuns of Hohenburg in Alsace.

Feast
December 13old style December 26
Era
8th century
Place
Hohenburg Abbey

Life

Saints Einhildis and Roswinda were nuns at the monastery of Hohenburg in Alsace, France, in the eighth century, with Saint Odilia.

Roswinda is thought to have been the sister of Saint Odilia, and Einhildis became abbess of Niedermünster, near Hohenburg. They are saints of the undivided Church and are commemorated on 13 December (New Calendar).

Commemorated the same day December 13