Lutgardis
Sign in to saveLutgardis of Aywières, OSB (; 1182 – 16 June 1246; also spelled Lutgarde) was a Catholic Benedictine nun from the medieval Low Countries in the Holy Roman Empire. She was born in Tongeren, known as Tongres in French (which is why she is also called Lutgardis of Tongres or Luitgard of Tonger(e)n), and entered monastic life at the age of twelve. During her life, various miracles were attributed to her, and she is known to have experienced religious ecstasy. Her feast day is 16 June.
Key facts
- Saint.name
- Lutgardis
- Saint.birth_date
- 1182
- Saint.death_date
- 16 June 1246
- Saint.feast_day
- 16 June
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman Catholic Church
- Saint.image
- Santa Lutgarda-Goya.JPG
- Saint.imagesize
- 250px
- Saint.caption
- Santa Lutgarda by Goya, 1787. Monasterio de San Joaquín y Santa Ana, Valladolid.
- Saint.honorific prefix
- Saint
- Saint.birth_place
- Tongeren, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire
- Saint.death_place
- Aywières, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire
- Saint.honorific suffix
- OSB
- Saint.titles
- Virgin
- Saint.attributes
- as Christ shows her his wounded side; habit and attributes of a Cistercian abbess; being blinded by the Heart of Jesus; nun to whom Christ extends his hand from the cross; in attendance when Christ shows his Heart to the Father
- Saint.patronage
- birth; blind people; childbirth; disabled people; Flanders; Flemish National Movement
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Lutgardis of Aywières, OSB (; 1182 – 16 June 1246; also spelled Lutgarde) was a Catholic Benedictine nun from the medieval Low Countries in the Holy Roman Empire. She was born in Tongeren, known as Tongres in French (which is why she is also called Lutgardis of Tongres or Luitgard of Tonger(e)n), and entered monastic life at the age of twelve. During her life, various miracles were attributed to her, and she is known to have experienced religious ecstasy. Her feast day is 16 June.
==Life==