3 RD MARCH 2003
ST.CUNEGUNDES
EMPRESS (---1039)
LIFE:
Daughter of Sigfrid, Count of Luxemburg.( on the border of France and
Germany) Received a religious education, and took a private vow of virginity. Married
Saint Henry, Duke of Bavaria, who agreed to honour her vow. On the death of Emperor
Otho III, Henry was chosen King of the Romans, and Cunegundes was crowned queen at
Paderborn in 1002.As Queen and Empress she continued her life of prayer
and penance to which she had been accustomed from childhood, and used her
exalted positon to increase further her charities towards the poor and
needy. Holy Roman Empress in 1014, receiving the crown from Pope Benedict VIII.
At one point, gossips accused her of adultery, but she proved her innocence by asking
for God's help, then walking over pieces of flaming irons without injury.
During his time as emperor, Henry gave away the bulk of his wealth in charity; when he
died in 1024, Cunegundes was left relatively poor. On the 1025 anniversary of his
death, which coincided with the dedication of a monastery she had built for
Benedictine nuns at Kaffungen, Cunegundes took the veil, and entered that monastery,
spending her remaining 15 years praying, reading, and working beside her sisters.
St.Conegundes died on march 3rd 1039; buried at Bamberg, Bavaria near Saint
Henry
PATRONAGE:
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland
REFLECTION: ***He who does not advance in the way of perfection
falls back , for, love cannot continue in the same degree..***(St.Teresa
of Avila)
we adore Thee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross
Thou ha s redeemed the world....!!!!!
S.THOMAS
NOTTINGHAM
ENGLAND
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