Notburga

Who they were

Notburga was born about 1265 at Rattenberg on the Inn and worked as a cook for Count Henry of Rothenburg, giving food to the poor. When her mistress ordered the leftovers given to the pigs, she saved part of her own food, especially on Fridays, for the poor, and she was dismissed. She then served a peasant at Eben on condition she could go to church on the eves of Sundays and feasts; the legend says that when he pressed her to keep working, her sickle hung in the air.

Later taken back by the count, she stayed until her death about 16 September 1313, and at her wish she was buried where the oxen carrying her body stopped, at the chapel of St. Rupert near Eben. She is patroness of servants and farm workers. Her long-standing veneration was confirmed on 27 March 1862, and her feast is 14 September.

The miracles

The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

A Tyrolean servant girl who fed the poor from her own food, patroness of servants and farm workers.