Saint Gundelinde
Abbess
Daughter of the Duke of Alsace and niece of Saint Odile, Gundelinde became Abbess of Niedermunster in 722. She led her monastery with piety until her death in the mid-8th century. Her relics, saved from a fire in 1542, were later divided between Molsheim and Einsiedeln.
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SAINT GUNDELINDE, ABBESS (8th century).
Origins and education
Gundelinde, daughter of Duke Adelbert of Alsace, was trained in the religious life by her aunt Saint Odile in the monasteries of Hohenbourg and Niedermunster.
Gundelinde Gundelinde Abbess of Niedermunster in the 8th century. was the daught er of Ad Adelbert Father of Saint Eugenia and Duke of Alsace. elbert, Duke o Alsace Region of origin and activity of the saint. f Alsace, and sister of Sa sainte Attale Sister of Saint Gundelind. int Attala and Sai sainte Eugénie Companion in faith and martyrdom of Basilla. nt Eugenia. She was ra ised by Sain sainte Odile Aunt and mentor of Saint Attala, founder of Hohenbourg. t Odile, her aunt, who governed the two monasterie s of Hohen Hohenbourg Monastery governed by Saint Odile and subsequently Saint Eugenia. bourg a nd Niedermuns Niedermunster Monastery of which Gundelinde was the abbess. ter or Bas-Moutier.
Accession to the abbacy
In 722, after the death of Saint Odile, Gundelinde was elected abbess of Niedermunster while her sister Eugenie took charge of Hohenbourg.
After the death of her aunt, Gundelinde was elected abbess of Niedermunster at the same time that her sis Eugénie Companion in faith and martyrdom of Basilla. ter Eugenie became abbess of Hohenbourg. This was in the year 722.
Death and initial veneration
She died in the middle of the 8th century and her remains were honored in a silver reliquary until the monastery fire in 1542.
Gundelinde followed in the footsteps of her aunt and upon her death, which occurred around the middle of the 8th century, she was buried in the monastery church. Later, her body was placed in a silver reliquary which was set upon the altar where it remained until 1542, when the monastery was consumed by a fire.
Translation of relics and sources
Following the wars of religion in Alsace, her relics were transferred to Moosheim and to Our Lady of the Hermits.
The wars of religion which were then devastatin g Alsa Alsace Region of origin and activity of the saint. ce having prevented its rebuilding, the relics of the Saint were transported partly to the collegiate church of Moos heim and Moosheim Place of transfer for a portion of the relics. partly to Ou r Lady of the Hermits. Notre-Dame-des-Ermites Site of the transfer of a portion of the relics to Switzerland.
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Key Events
- Educated by her aunt Saint Odile
- Election as abbess of Niedermunster in 722
- Translation of her relics into a silver reliquary
- Monastery fire in 1542
- Transfer of relics to Moosheim and Our Lady of the Hermits