Herlindis of Maaseik

[2] Herlindis was consecrated as its first abbess by Willibrord, and held the role until her death, after which Relindis was named to succeed her by Saint Boniface.

The two sisters are usually portrayed together, sometimes also with a few nuns, holding either an abbess's staff or a model of the monastery.

Based on analysis of the embroidery style and garment, it most likely dates from after these saints lived so would have had to have been embroidered by someone else.

[4] The metal embroidery thread in the cassock was made by wrapping gold filament around a horse or cow hair core.

[6] The tablet woven bands edging the casula are similar to Norse ones found in Birka.

They are the first tablet-woven bands found to use the gold-wrapped embroidery threads rather than just silk, linen, or wool.