Hemma
Frankish queen
Who they were
Emma of Altdorf, also known as Hemma (c. 803 – 31 January 876), a member of the Elder House of Welf, was Queen consort of East Francia by marriage to King Louis the German, from 843 until her death.
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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.
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.
Connected on this site
- Irmgard of Chiemsee Blessed Child
- Heiligen.net (Fr Dries van den Akker SJ) - Hemma — Heiligen.net, the Dutch Catholic hagiography of Fr Dries van den Akker SJ, has a full entry: † 876 Hemma van Regensburg Hemma van Regensburg , Duitsland; keizerin & stichteres; 876 . Feest 26 & 31 januari . Zij werd
- Wikidata Q235668 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hemma (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.