Gisela Hungary

980 (age 85)

Bad Abbach, Kelheim, Germany

Gisela was raised very devout, most likely with bishop Wolfgang of Regensburg as her mentor and governor. The couple had a son, Saint Emeric, who died on 2 September 1031, while hunting boar. The wedding of Stephen and Gisela marked a turning point in Hungary"s history. Queen Gisela played a fundamental role in spreading the Christian faith and the Western Culture in Hungary. When Edmund Ironside of England died, he was succeeded by Cnut. Edmund’s infant sons were sent abroad and ended up under the protection of King Stephen of Hungary. One of the twins died young, but the other, Edward Atheling, was brought up as a protégé of Queen Gisela, and regarded in that foreign Court as the heir to the Anglo-Saxon throne. King Stephen died in 1038. In 1046 Gisela, her attendants, and a number of many Bavarian settlers left Hungary to return to Bavaria, where she joined Niederburg convent in Passau and became the abbess. She lived in the nunnery of Niedernburg in Passau, where she died. Her grave is a well-known holy place. Her canonisation was attempted in the 18th century but failed. She was declared Blessed in 1975. Her memorial days are May 7 and February 1. They preserved the remains of King Stephen’s right hand and it was brought back together with a bone taken from the arm of Gisela. Both are now safely protected in glass and gold cases and are now displayed in the basilica in the western Hungarian town of Veszprém, where Gisela once lived. The cross was commissioned by Queen Gisela for the tomb of her mother, who died in 1006 and was buried in the Niedermünster in Regensburg.

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Gisela was a daughter of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria and Gisela of Burgundy.

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Gisela was raised very devout, most likely with bishop Wolfgang of Regensburg as her mentor and governor. The couple had a son, Saint Emeric, who died on 2 September 1031, while hunting boar. The wedding of Stephen and Gisela marked a turning point in Hungary"s history.

Queen Gisela played a fundamental role in spreading the Christian faith and the Western Culture in Hungary.

When Edmund Ironside of England died, he was succeeded by Cnut. Edmund’s infant sons were sent abroad and ended up under the protection of King Stephen of Hungary.

One of the twins died young, but the other, Edward Atheling, was brought up as a protégé of Queen Gisela, and regarded in that foreign Court as the heir to the Anglo-Saxon throne. King Stephen died in 1038.

In 1046 Gisela, her attendants, and a number of many Bavarian settlers left Hungary to return to Bavaria, where she joined Niederburg convent in Passau and became the abbess.

She lived in the nunnery of Niedernburg in Passau, where she died. Her grave is a well-known holy place. Her canonisation was attempted in the 18th century but failed.

She was declared Blessed in 1975.

Her memorial days are May 7 and February 1. They preserved the remains of King Stephen’s right hand and it was brought back together with a bone taken from the arm of Gisela.

Both are now safely protected in glass and gold cases and are now displayed in the basilica in the western Hungarian town of Veszprém, where Gisela once lived. The cross was commissioned by Queen Gisela for the tomb of her mother, who died in 1006 and was buried in the Niedermünster in Regensburg.

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