Saint Agatha Hildegard of Carinthia

Memorial

• 5 February

Profile

Lay woman, married to Count Paul of Carinthia (part of modern Austria. He was a jealous man who abused her for years before her prayers and devotion converted him to the faith and changed his ways. Mother of Saint Albinus of Brixen. Widow. Venerated in Carinthia as a model wife.

Born

• Austrian

Died

• 1024 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Agatha Hildegard of Carinthia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 4 February 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>