Saint Aldegundis

Also known as

• Adelgundis
• Aldegonda
• Aldegonde
• Aldegondes
• Aldegun
• Aldegunais
• Aldegund
• Orgonne

Memorial

• 30 January

Profile

Daughter of Saint Walbert of Hainault and Saint Bertilia; sister of Saint Waldetrudis; aunt of Saint Madalberta. Lived in the convent at Mons, Belgium with Waldetrudis. Benedictine abbess. Hermitess at Maubeuge Abbey; her cell became the core of a Benedictine monastery she founded, and she served as its first abbess. Visionary. Friend of Saint Humbert of Pelagius.

Born

• c.633 at Hainault, Belgium

Died

• 30 January 684, probably of breast cancer, at Maubeuge Abbey, France
• buried there

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against breast cancer
• against cancer
• against childhood diseases
• against sudden death
• against wounds
• cancer patients

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aldegundis”. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 May 2012. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-aldegundis/>