Luitgard of Wittichen

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High relief figure (20th century) in the parish church of St. Arbogast in Haslach im Kinzigtal

Luitgard of Wittichen (

mystic and founder of a convent
.

Life and works

Luitgard (also Lutgard) of Wittichen was born in 1291 in

lords of Geroldseck at the Schenkenburg were devoted to her.[1]

In 1324 Luitgard moved to the Wittichen valley and founded a

Saint Francis of Assisi, although the number of women doubled even in Luitgard's lifetime. She was the abbess
of the convent until her death.

Luitgard was filled with a deep devotion to the life and passion of Christ, which she contemplated in a rosary-like manner of prayer.[3] Luitgard cared for victims of the plague, before she herself succumbed to the epidemic. She died on 16 October 1348 at Wittichen Abbey near Schenkenzell.

Veneration

She is honored in central

mystic in her own right. Her spiritual father, the priest, Berchtold of Bombach, published a biography of Luitgard in around 1350. In 1629, according to tradition, when her coffin was opened, her brain was found to be in completely sound condition, a phenomenon that could not be explained by doctors or chemists at that time and, being seen as a miracle, was the reason for subsequent veneration and pilgrimages
.

She is remembered on 16 October, the date she died. On the second Sunday in October, the Luitgard Festival takes place in Wittichen. The St. Luitgard Care Home in Oberwolfach is named after her.

This founder of a convent, who has been described as charismatic, may be seen from today's perspective as an emancipated woman.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hugo Schneider, Burgen und Schlösser in Mittelbaden. Historischer Verein für Mittelbaden 1984, p. 461
  2. ^ Van den Akker s.j., A., "Luitgard van Wittichen", Heiligen.net, October 11, 22007
  3. ^ "Luitgard von Wittichen", DomRadio.de, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne
  4. ISBN 978-3-86142-304-1

Literature

External links
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