Friday, December 22, 2017

Yep, there is a Saint listed on the calendar for Christmas Eve

St. Irmina

Image of St. Irmina

Facts

Feastday: December 24
Death: 716


Benedictine abbess and patroness of St. Willibrord. The daughter of Frankish king Dagobert II, Irmina entered Oehren Convent, near Trier, built for her by her father after the death of Count Herman, the man whom she had betrothed. She built Echternacht for Willibrord in 698

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