Venerable
Gerberga I of Gandersheim
Abbess of Gandersheim
Abbess of Gandersheim Abbey in Saxony, who reposed in 896.
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- Reposed
- 8969th century
- Place
- Gandersheim Abbey
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Gerberga I of Gandersheim (c. 840 to 5 September 896 or 897) was the daughter of the Saxon duke Liudolf and Oda. She was abbess of Gandersheim from 874 until her death, succeeding her older sister Hathumoda. According to Hrotsvit, writing much later, she was engaged to a noble, Bernard, but broke it off, feeling a call to the Church; the story may be a transformation of piety. Her death date is confirmed by a Gandersheim obituary. The sources show no canonization.