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SS. CUNIGUNDE, MECHTUNDE, WIBRANDE AND CHRISCHONA, VIRGINS - 16 JUNE

 

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SAINTS CUNIGUNDE, MECHTUNDE, WIBRANDE AND CHRISCHONA, VIRGINS


Saints Cunigunde, Mechtunde, Wibrande and Chrischona (Cunigundis [French: Ste-Cunisse], Mechtundis, Wibrandis et Chrischona [Christiana]) are said to have been natives of Germany and to have lived in the 9th or 10th century. According to some writers, they were from the Society of Saint Ursula, according to other hagiographers, they belonged to the Benedictine Order. Our sources tell us that they came to Augst (Augusta Rauracorum) near Basel on a pilgrimage from Rome, fell ill there, but nevertheless continued their journey and went to Rapperswil (Ruperti Villa), where, however, only three of them arrived, as Saint Chrischona had died on the way. Since the body of this virgin could not be moved from its original location, it was placed on a cart and pulled by two horses to a mountain in the Diocese of Constance, where a church was built over her grave. The other three holy virgins died in Rapperswil, and their bodies were likewise placed on a cart and pulled by horses to a large oak tree, also in the Diocese of Constance, where they were buried. Subsequently, a church was built over their graves, and the site was named Eichsel after the oak tree that stood there. At both locations, many miracles occurred through the intercession of these holy virgins for the blind, the lame, and other sick people, and in 1504, Cardinal Raymund, then the Apostolic Legatus a Latere in Germany, solemnly raised their mortal remains.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 698)

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Cunigunde, Mechtunde, Wibrande and Chrischona may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org






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