Memorial Day: January 6When did Saint Wiltrud live: 10th century ADBIOGRAPHY: Saint Wiltrud, born in La Colla (Italy), came from a noble family that was closely connected to the political and ecclesiastical developments of her time. However, she renounced worldly power as well as a promising marriage and founded the Benedictine monastery in Bergen near Neuburg.PATRONAGE: St. Wiltrud is the patron saint of monks, nuns, monastic foundations and leadership, spirituality and scholarship.SYMBOLISM, DEPICTION: The symbols of San Wiltrud are a book as a sign of her wisdom, an abbot's staff, which emphasizes her spiritual leadership, and a discarded crown, which represents her renunciation of worldly power.PATRON SAINT OF:Wiltrud, Wiltrudis, Willtrud, Wildis