ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 31st of August WELCOME! KOLUMBA WEIGL, VIRGIN Kolumba Weigl, a Dominican nun of Altenhohenau (Hohenavia vetus ) in the municipality of Griesstätt near Wasserburg am Inn, in the archdiocese of Munich-Freising, who died in the reputation of holiness, is listed in the " Bavaria sancta"* (II. 505-532) Born in Munich on March 8, 1713, she was baptised in Saint Peter's Church and received the names Elisabetha Francisca. Her father Franz de Paula Weigl was a citizen and brandy maker in the city; her mother's name was Ursula. When the girl, scarcely a few weeks old, lay in the cradle, an enemy hussar burst into the room and swung his sabre towards the child in great fury. The mother saved her baby daughter by throwing herself between the soldier and the cradle, but the shock and trauma of this incident led to her becoming ill and dying a few days later. When the little girl was seven years old, her father entrusted ...