Venerable
Hildegard of Zürich
A venerable mother honored at Zürich in Switzerland, who reposed in 856.
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- Reposed
- 8569th century
- Place
- Zurich
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Hildegard of Zürich (828 to 23 December 856, by some sources 859) was the eldest daughter of Louis the German and Hemma. In 844 she became abbess of Münsterschwarzach in Bavaria. On 21 June 853 Louis founded the Fraumünster abbey in Zürich and placed her as abbess, while her younger sister Bertha succeeded her at Münsterschwarzach. According to legend, the two sisters were led to the site on the river Limmat by a deer with lighted antlers. Hildegard gave Meinrad of Einsiedeln a wonder-working statue of the Mother of God. She is honoured in the Roman Catholic Church on 23 December, as a saint of the undivided Church.