Saint Ingemo Fountain was a sacrificial source and fountain of devotion in the Swedish province of

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, located between

Skövde Skövde () is a locality and urban centre in Skövde Municipality and Västra Götaland County, in the Västergötland (Western Gothland region) in central Southern Sweden. Skövde is situated some 150 km northeast of Gothenburg, between ...

and

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. The cult of Saint Ingemo is certified only since the time of the

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. Her canonization has never taken place and that

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Church has never ranked her among the official saints. Nothing is known of her life. This is a speculation that her name was ''Ingamoder'' which means "mother of Inge" (King Inge of Sweden).

Bibliography

*Wilhelmina Stålberg, ''Notepad on swedish women,''
S: ta Ingemo
1864. *Carl Henrik Martling, ''A chronicle about swedish saints In'' 2001 {{ISBN, 91 7580 201-5 *National Heritage

Fountains in Sweden Västergötland