Saint Irmina of Oehren
- Memorial
- 24 December
- Profile
- Daughter of Saint Dagobert II, King of the Franks, and the Anglo-Saxon princess Matilda.
Sister of Saint Adela.
Grand-daughter of Saint Sigebert, king of Austrasia.
Princess.
Betrothed at age 15 to Count Herman, but he died on their wedding day.
Irmina became a nun and founded a Benedictine convent in the old castle of Honrien at Trier, given to her by her father.
Generous benefactor to Celtic and Saxon monks.
At one point, an epidemic threatened to wipe out her community, but they were saved through the intercessory prayers of Saint Willibrord.
In gratitude, Irmina gave Willibrord the land at Echternach where he later established the great abbey that bore his name.
- Died
- c.716 at monastery of Weissenburg
- Representation
- crowned abbess giving alms with the Christ Child above her
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