Bad Driburg is a town in Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Bad Driburg lies on the eastern slopes of the Eggegebirge, roughly 20 km east of Paderborn. In 868, a convent was established on the site of today's Neuenheerse by Luithard, the third Bishop of Paderborn, to foster the Christianization of the Saxons. The church was at first consecrated to Mary, mother of Jesus. The sisters gathered many relics over the years, of which the most important was the bones of Saturnina of Sains-les-Marquion, who became the convent's patron.
