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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 16th of June WELCOME! 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 , wh...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 16th of June WELCOME! SAINT CHRISCHONA, VIRGIN The Saint Chrischona Church near Basel Saint Chrischona (Latin: Christiana or Cristina ) was part of a set of three sisters : Chrischona, Margaretha and Odilia, each of whom built a church on one of the three hills in the vicinity of Basel , Switzerland, within sight of the other. From Saint Chrischona the churches of Saint Ottilien in the German town of Tüllingen and Saint Margarethen in Binningen can be seen.  THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF URSULA'S MARTYRS The perhaps best known tradition about Saint Chrischona can be found in the Golden Legend (Legenda Aurea) , which lists Chrischona as a companion of the virgin Ursula of Cologne . As the only survivor among virgin Ursula 's martyrs she fled along the Rhine to Basel .  SHE DIED NEAR GRENZACH Some sources claim she became sick and had to break off her return journey in Basel . Most versions tell of Chrischona's death fro...