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Also known as

• Jutta of Spamheim
• Jutta of Sponheim
• Judith….

Memorial

• 22 December

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Born to the German nobility, the sister of Count Megenhard of Spanheim. On 1 November 1106 she took up life as a hermitess, living in a small house near the Disibodenberg Abbey of Saint Disibod in the Rhineland (in modern Germany). She taught local children for a living, including Saint Hildegard of Bingen much of whose great learning can be attributed to Jutta. Jutta gained a reputation for spirituality and devotion to God, and attracted many young female followers who grew into a Benedictine convent. Jutta served as their abbess from 1116 until her death 20 years later, at which point Saint Hildegard took over.

Born

• c.1084 in Spanheim, Rhineland-Palatinate (in modern Germany

Died

• 22 December 1136 at Disibodenberg Abbey, Germany of natural causes
• many miracles reported at her grave

Representation

• Benedictine nun with two angels
• Benedictine nun with a burning lamp over her
• Benedictine nun surrounded by tongues of fire

Additional Information

• Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
• books
  • Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• other sites in english
  • National Catholic Reporter
• video
  • YouTube PlayList
• webseiten auf deutsch
  • Land der Hildegard
  • Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
• nettsteder i norsk
  • Den katolske kirke