Irmgard of Chiemsee
Beatified German nun
Feast: 16 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the monastery of Chiemsee in Bavaria in Germany, Blessed Irmgard, abbess, who from a tender age, leaving the splendour of the royal court, chose to serve God and gave many virgin companions to Christ.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 16 July as an abbess of Chiemsee who left the royal court as a girl to serve God.
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
- Hemma Blessed Parent, Mother
- Roman Martyrology, 16 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q452407 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Irmgard of Chiemsee (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.