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Saint Erentrude
Saint of the Roman Catholic Church
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Feast: 30 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
601
Died
718
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Salzburg in ancient Bavaria, now in Austria, Saint Erentrude, first abbess of the monastery of Nonnberg and niece of Saint Rupert, whose preaching she supported by prayer and works.
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 30 June as the first abbess of Nonnberg and niece of Saint Rupert, whose preaching she supported by prayer and works.
Connected on this site
- Rupert of Salzburg Saint“She was born into a Franconian-Merovingian royal house, and was the niece of Rupert of Salzburg.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 30 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q437387 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Erentrude (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.