Saint Lufthild

Also known as

• Lufthildis

Memorial

• 23 January

Profile

Abused by a jealous step-mother for her kindness to the poor, Lufthild left home young to live as an often-homeless hermit in and around Cologne, Germany.

Died

• c.850

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• child abuse victims
• hoboes
• homeless people
• tramps

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Lufthild”. Saints.SQPN.com. 1 March 2010. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-lufthild/>