Irmund

Saint Irmund of Jülich is a saint honored by the people, protector of cattle, depicted in a hermit's robe with a shepherd's staff and various animals around him. His name, of Anglo-⁠Saxon origin, means "great" and "protection". The dates of his life are not known. He is said to have been a shepherd and hermit in the fourth century, in the time of Bishop Severinus of Cologne, at the Hahnerhof farm east of Mündt. The spring there was once credited with healing power. The introduction of Christianity in the region is attributed to Irmund; a church is attested at Mündt as early as 650.

His commemoration is on 28 January (new style), in the Catholic Church. On the Hahnerhof a chapel built in 1672, with a baroque high altar, was a pilgrimage site for the surrounding area, and his relics are still displayed on certain feast days. In 1685 the Irmund cross was set up on a field track, restored in 1998. He is a folk saint; we know of no canonization.