St. Irmengard of Germany

Commemorated on July 16

St. Irmengard was born in the ninth century. She was the daughter of King Louis “The German” and a granddaughter of Charlemagne.

She was the abbess at Buchau and then later at Cheimsee, Germany where her father built a monastery.

St. Irmengard died on July 16, 866 at the age of 34.

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