Saint Sadalberga

Feb 272010
 

Also known as

  • Salaberga

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Born to the nobility, the daughter of Duke Gundoin of Alsace; sister of Saint Bodo. She went blind as a child, but was healed by Saint Eustace of Luxeuil. Married, but widowed after two months. Married to Saint Blandinus of Laon. Mother of five, including Saint Baldwin and Saint Anstrudis of Laon. Their children grown, Sadalberga and Blandinus separated, each to enter religious life. Nun at Poulangey. Worked with Saint Waldebert of Luxeuil to found the convent of Saint John the Baptist in Laon, France, and served as its abbess.

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MLA Citation

  • “Saint Sadalberga”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-sadalberga/>

Saint Camilla Battista Varani

Feb 212010
 

[Saint Camilla Battista Varani]
Also known as

  • Battista Varano
  • Camilla da Varano

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Born to the wealthy nobility; her father was the prince of Camerino, Italy. Camilla early felt a call to the religious life, which her family initially opposed, hoping for a good marriage for her. She became a Poor Clare nun in Urbino, Italy at age 23. Abbess of the convent of Santa Maria Nuova at Camarino, Italy which her father had restored for her. In 1502 her father and brothers were all killed for political reasons. In 1505, Pope Julius II sent her to found a Poor Clare convent in Fermo, Italy. In 1521 she helped institute the rule of the Poor Clares in San Severino Marche, Italy. Visionary; the visions of angels helped her understand several theological concepts. Stigmatist.

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Died

Beatified

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Works

  • Praises of the Visions of Christ, 1479 – 1481
  • Remembrances of Jesus, 1483
  • Treatise on the Mental Sufferings of Jesus Christ our Lord, 1488
  • The Spiritual Life, 1491

Readings

Two angels came to me, dressed in resplendent white garments which I have seen only worn by Jesus. They had wings of gold. One of them took my soul from the right side, the other from the left side, and they elevated it in the air, laying it down near the crucified feet of the Son of God made Man. This state lasted about two months almost continually; I seem to walk, to speak, and do what I wished, deprived however of my soul. It remained there where the two Angels had placed it but they never abandoned it. They (the celestial spirits) declare to me that they were so intimate with God that God is not ever separated from them. They also explained to me that the Seraphim were likewise united to the Cherubim in that none of them could ever go without the other to a soul.

- from The Spiritual Life by Saint Camilla

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Camilla Battista Varani”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 October 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-camilla-battista-varani/>

Saint Begga of Ardenne

Feb 202010
 

[Saint Begga of Ardenne]
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Born to the nobility, the daughter of Saint Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace, and Saint Ida of Nivelles. Sister of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles. Married to Ansegilius, son of Saint Arnulf of Metz. Mother of Pepin of Herstal, founder of the Carolingian dynasty of rulers in France, in 635, and of Martin of Laon.

On the death of her husband in 691 in a hunting accident, Begga took the veil, founded founded seven churches, and built a convent at Ardenne on the Meuse River in France where she spent the rest of her days as abbess.

Died

  • 693 at Ardenne on the Meuse River in France

Canonized

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MLA Citation

  • “Saint Begga of Ardenne”. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-begga-of-ardenne/>

Saint Ethelburgh of Barking

Feb 192010
 

Also known as

  • Ethelburga of Barking

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Sister of Saint Erconwald of London. First abbess of the convent of Barking in Essex, England.

Died

Canonized

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MLA Citation

  • “Saint Ethelburgh of Barking”. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-ethelburgh-of-barking/>

Saint Gobnata

Feb 102010
 

Also known as

  • Gobnet

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Sixth century abbess of a convent at in Ballyvourney, Ireland. A holy well there that is named for her still exists.

Canonized

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MLA Citation

  • “Saint Gobnata”. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-gobnata/>

Blessed Elizabeth Salviati

Feb 102010
 

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Camaldolese nun. Abbess at the convent of San Giovanni Evangelista di Boldrone in Florence, Italy.

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MLA Citation

  • “Blessed Elizabeth Salviati”. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-elizabeth-salviati/>

Saint Austrebertha of Pavilly

Feb 082010
 

Also known as

  • Austreberta of Pavilly
  • Eustreberta of Pavilly

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Daughter of Saint Framechildis and the Count Badefrid. Her parents arranged a marriage for her for political reasons, but Austrebertha was drawn to religious life. Benedictine nun, receiving the veil from Saint Omer at Abbeville, France. Abbess at Jumieges, and at Pavilly. Miracle worker and visionary; at one point in her early life she got a foreshadow of her life – she looked at her reflection in a river and saw a veil over her head.

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Died

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MLA Citation

  • ” Saint Austrebertha of Pavilly”. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-austrebertha-of-pavilly/>

Saint Elfleda of Whitby

Feb 062010
 

Also known as

  • Aelflaed of Whitby

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Born a princess, the daughter of King Oswy of Northumbria (part of England). She was offered to God as a child at the convent of Hartlepool. Nun at the double monastery of Whitby Abbey with Saint Hilda of Whitby. Abbess of Whitby.

Died

Canonized

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MLA Citation

  • “Saint Elfleda of Whitby”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-elfleda-of-whitby/>

Saint Ermenilda of Ely

Feb 022010
 

Also known as

  • Ermengild of Ely
  • Ermenhild of Ely

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Born a princess, the daughter of King Erconbert of Kent, and Saint Sexburga of Ely. Ermenilda was a pious youth with a strong prayer life. Married to the pagan Wulfhere, King of Mercia whom she converted by setting a good example. Queen. Mother of Saint Werburga of Chester and King Coenrad of Mercia, who abdicated to become a monk in Rome, Italy. Ermenilda used her royal influence to destroy the last of Anglo-Saxon paganism. When widowed, she became a Benedictine nun at Minster-in-Sheppy abbey, which had been founded by her mother. She served as abbess there and at the abbey at Ely, England.

Died

Canonized

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MLA Citation

  • “Saint Ermenilda of Ely”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-ermenilda-of-ely/>
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