Saint Pusinna of Champagne
Profile
She lived many of her adult years as a hermit in her parent’s house. Hermitess in Binson, Chalons-en-Champagne, France.
Born
- 5th-century Corbie, France
- 6th century in Binson, Chalons-en-Champagne, France
- buried near her hermitage in Binson
- relics transferred to the Herford Abbey in Germany in 860
- relics transferred to the Wundhusen Abbey in Thale
- relics transferred to Quidlinburg Abbey
- some relics transferred to the cathedral in Herford, Germany in 1490
- relics re-discovered and re-enshrined in 1854 during renovation of the cathedral tower
- some relics transferred to the church of Saint John the Baptist in Herford; they were re-enshrined under the church chancel altar in 2007
- some relics taken to Paderborn Cathedral, and to parish churches in Herford and Heddinghausen on 9 January 1944
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation
- “Saint Pusinna of Champagne“. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 April 2012. Web. 6 May 2024. <>