Venerable
Gerberga II
Abbess of Gandersheim
Abbess of Gandersheim Abbey in Saxony, who reposed in 1001.
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- Reposed
- 100111th century
- Place
- Gandersheim Abbey
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Gerberga II, born around 940, was a daughter of Henry I, Duke of Bavaria, and a niece of Emperor Otto I. She ruled Gandersheim Abbey from 956 until her death on 13 or 14 November 1001. She personally taught the poet and dramatist Hrotsvit, and under her rule Gandersheim was an important centre of Ottonian spiritual and cultural life.
The sources consulted show no canonization.