Saint Liutberga
influential nun in Saxony in the 9th century
Who they were
Saint Liutberga (died c. 870), also spelled Liutbirg and Liutbirga, was an influential nun in Saxony in the 9th century, who ended her life as an anchoress in Windenhausen (or Wendhusen). Her life provides important evidence for female experiences of religion in the ninth-century Carolingian Empire, and also gives some insight into the background of Ottonian convents like Gandersheim and Quedlinburg. A ninth-century saint, Liutberga provided an unexpected new model of holiness, that of the executive housekeeper. St. Liutberga's feast is February 28.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- CatholicSaints.Info — Saint Liutberga of Windenhausen — Feast 28 February; 9th-century Saxon nun, anchoress at Wendhausen with the approval of Bishop Thiatgrim of Halberstadt; venerated at Quedlinburg.
- Wikidata Q1386255 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Liutberga (CC BY-SA)
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