Alruna von Cham
Feast: 27 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Alruna was a nun who lived in Bavaria in the 11th century, during the reign of the emperor Henry, distinguished for her piety, charity and devotion to the Virgin Mary. Little else is known of her: a brief life written by a monk of her monastery in the 13th century contains only general praise of her virtues.
She died on 27 January 1045 and was buried in the Benedictine monastery of Niederaltaich, founded on the banks of the Danube around the mid-8th century. Her feast is kept on both 27 January and 27 December.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as blessed since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
11th-century Benedictine nun of Niederaltaich in Bavaria, known chiefly through a brief 13th-century life praising her virtues; feast kept 27 January and 27 December.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Santi, beati e testimoni (santiebeati.it) - Beata Alruna, by Mauro Bonato
- Wikidata Q2651367 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.