Saint Hemma of Gurk Margravine an der Sann | |
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 Portrait by Sebald Bopp, c. 1500[1] | |
| Born | c. 995 |
| Died | 27 June 1045 (aged 49–50) Gurk, Carinthia |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Beatified | 21 November 1287 |
| Canonized | 5 January 1938 by Pope Pius XI |
| Major shrine | Crypt of Gurk Cathedral |
| Feast | 27 June |
| Attributes | Depicted as a noble lady with either a model of a church, a legal deed or a rose, or distributing alms. |
| Patronage | Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt; State of Carinthia; invoked during childbirth and against diseases of the eye; extreme hangovers |
Hemma of Gurk (German: Hemma von Gurk; c. 995 – 27 June 1045),[2] also called Emma of Gurk (Slovene: Ema Krška), was a noblewoman and founder of several churches and monasteries in the Duchy of Carinthia. Buried at Gurk Cathedral since 1174, she was beatified on 21 November 1287 and canonised on 5 January 1938 by Pope Pius XI.[3] Her feast day is 27 June.[2] Hemma is venerated as a saint by both the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, and as patroness of the current Austrian state of Carinthia.
- ^ Depiction of a woman in a Croatian traditional costume wearing a badge of the Brandenburgian Order of the Swan, possibly the portrait of Beatrice de Frangepan, spouse of Margrave George of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
- ^ a b 29 June according to Gurk Cathedral Archived 2006-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hourihane 2016, p. 256.