page_title: Cunigunde of Luxembourg
section_title: Canonization and veneration
hierarchical_section_title: Cunigunde of Luxembourg / Canonization and veneration
caption_attribution_description: English: This bas-relief from Bamberg Cathedral depicts the trial by ordeal of the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich II's wife, Kunigunde. After being accussed of adultery she proved her innocence by walking over red-hot ploughshares.
context_page_description: Cunigunde of Luxembourg, OSB, also called Cunegundes, Cunegunda, and Cunegonda and, in Latin, Cunegundis or Kinigundis, was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Saint Henry II. She served as interim Regent after the death of her spouse in 1024. She is a Catholic saint and the patroness of Luxembourg and Lithuania; her feast day is 3 March.
context_section_description: Cunigunde was canonised by Pope Innocent III on  29 March 1200, 53 years after the canonization of her husband Henry II in July 1147. To prepare a case for canonization her biography was compiled.  This and the Papal bull for her canonization relate several instances of miracles to have been worked by the Empress.
  One of these relates how, when calumniators accused her of scandalous conduct, her innocence was signally vindicated by divine providence as she walked over pieces of flaming irons without injury, to the great joy of her husband, the Emperor.  Another tells of Cunigunde falling asleep one night and being carried into bed. Her maid also fell asleep and a candle set the bed on fire. The blaze awoke both of them and upon Cunigunde executing the Sign of the Cross the fire immediately disappeared, saving them from burning. A final legend tells of one of Cunigunde's nieces, Judith, the abbess of Kaufungen Abbey.  A frivolous young woman, Judith preferred feasting and carousing with the young sisters to the Sabbath rituals.  Cunigunde remonstrated with her, to little effect.  Finally Cunigunde became so vexed with her niece that she slapped her across the face; the marks remained on her face for the rest of her life, serving as a warning to those of the community who would not take their vows or observances seriously.
  Cunigunde is widely venerated. As well as churches that are dedicated to her, such as St. Cunegunda Church in Detroit, USA, Lithuania, Poland, and the Archdiocese of Bamberg, Germany, she is the Patroness of Luxembourg, where the parish church of Clausen (which has on Sundays and holy days a celebration of the Tridentine Mass) is dedicated to her.
caption: After being accused of adultery Cunigunde proved her innocence by walking over red-hot ploughshares.
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