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Saint Irmgardis
German saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 4 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1000
Died
1075
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Cologne in Lotharingia, in present-day Germany, Saint Irmgardis, who, countess of Süchteln, spent all her goods on building churches.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 4 September as a countess of Süchteln who spent all her goods on building churches.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q444949 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Irmgardis (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.