Saint Erentrude

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Saint Erentrude
Statuary of Saint Erentrude at Nonnberg Abbey
Died	30 June 710
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Feast	30 June
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Saint Erentrude, or Erentraud (died 710), is a virgin saint of the Roman Catholic Church and was the niece of Saint Rupert of Salzburg. Her date and place of birth are unknown but it may be surmised that she was born in present-day Germany or Austria, in the latter-part of the 7th century. She followed her uncle from Worms to Salzburg and was there placed by him as the first abbess of Nonnberg Abbey. She died on 30 June 710 – the same year as Saint Rupert.

Her relics are in the crypt of St Mary's church, not far from her convent. Her feast is kept on June 30, and September 4 commemorates the translation of her relics.

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Saint Erentrude was recently selected as main motif for the Austrian Nonnberg Abbey commemorative coin minted in April 5, 2006. This was the first coin of the series "Great Abbeys of Austria". The reverse side shows the crypt consecrated to the St. Erentrudis, the first abbess of the Nonnberg Abbey convent with a statue of the saint.

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