![Isis (left) and St Verena (right). Isis: Roman statue from the 1st century BC, Verena: sculpture dating from the late 15th century.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/isis-und-heilige-verena-300x225.jpg)
Isis and Verena: two holy women at Baden’s healing springs
At the thermal springs in Baden, the Romans worshipped a goddess with her roots in Egypt. After the Baden region converted to Christianity, a saint from Lower Egypt became the patroness of the spa town on the Limmat.
![The well chamber of the Grosse Heisse Stein in Baden in June 2021.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/quellfassung-des-grossen-heissen-steins-in-baden-im-juni-2021-300x225.jpg)
![Roman coins and water scoops retrieved from the well chamber of the Grosse Heisse Stein in 1967 and 1968.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/romische-munzen-und-schopfgefasse-200x300.jpg)
The Roman goddess Isis was worshipped in Baden
![The Isis inscription in the Stumpf Chronicle of 1548.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/die-isis-inschrift-in-der-stumpf-chronik-von-1548-300x185.jpg)
![The hermitage in Solothurn. Reputedly the domain of St Verena, ca. 1870.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/2018/10/Einsiedelei_Verena_Solothurn-300x196.jpg)
Patron saints in the Middle Ages
![The Hotel Verenahof in Baden, built in 1845-1847](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/hotel-verenahof-1942-228x300.jpg)
A chance similarity?
![Isis and Verena with their typical attributes. Illustrations dating from 1818.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/isis-und-verena-1818-300x252.jpg)