Virgilia Lütz

Virgilia Lütz

Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey
Elected1921
Installed25 September 1921
Term ended8 June 1949
PredecessorAnna Scherer
SuccessorErentrudis Steidl
Personal details
Born
Caroline Antonie Lütz

27 March 1869
Died8 June 1949
Salzburg, Austria
DenominationCatholic Church
Occupationabbess

Virgilia Lütz (born Caroline Antonie Lütz; 27 March 1869 – 8 June 1949) was a German Benedictine. She was the reigning abbess of Nonnberg in Salzburg from 1921 until her death in 1949. During her reign, Maria von Trapp entered the abbey as a postulant. Lütz is the basis for the Mother Abbess character in The Sound of Music.