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Bertha of Bingen
Mother of Rupert of Bingen
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 15 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
800
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Bertha of Bingen (German: Heilige Berta, died c. 757) was the mother of Rupert of Bingen. Bertha and Rupert share a feast day on 15 May.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Connected on this site
- Rupert of Bingen Saint“The son of Bertha of Bingen, a Christian noblewoman, his father was a pagan called Robolaus (Robold).” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Santi e Beati — Beata Berta di Bingen — santiebeati index: 'Beata Berta di Bingen | Madre di san Ruperto | + Bingen, Germania, IX secolo | festa 15 maggio' — matches the feast (15 May) and the description (mother of St Rupert of Bingen). Butler's Lives also: '
- Wikidata Q827582 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bertha of Bingen (CC BY-SA)
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