She was the wife of a landgrave in Austria. As a widow she became a nun and founded a double monastery.
Saint Hemma (Emma) of Gurk, by Anonymous German Artist
active at the Court of Ansbach, ca. 1490 (source)
Saint Emma (1045)
She was the wife of a landgrave in Austria. As a widow she became a nun and founded a double monastery.
Saint Hemma (Emma) of Gurk, by Anonymous German Artist
active at the Court of Ansbach, ca. 1490 (source)
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