![[Saint Bathild]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintb32.jpg "jpg illustration of Saint Bathild dispensing alms to the poor; taken from 'Pictoria Lives of the Saints', 1892")
Also known as
- Baldechilde
- Bathild
- Bathildes
- Bathildis
Profile
Kidnapped in her youth from her native England and sold into slavery in France to Erkenwald, the Mayor of the Palace of King Clovis II. When grown, she was placed in charge of the household. Married King Clovis II in 649. Queen. Mother of three sons, all of whom became kings: Clotaire III, Childeric II and Thierry I. She used her royal position to protect the Church, and help the poor. Widowed in 655. Regent. Upon taking her late husband’s power, she immediately forbade the enslavement of Christians. Endowed religious houses, including Chells Abbey, and helped the work of Saint Eligius. In 665, when her son Clotaire was 15, she handed the throne over to him, and entered Chelles Abbey, spending the rest of her life in prayer and care of the sick.
Born
- 30 January 680 of natural causes
- buried in the Abbey of Chelles
- by Pope Nicholas I
- crowned nun often performing menial tasks or giving alms to the poor
- ladder extending into heaven
- standing before an altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Catholic Online
- Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
- Emblems of the Saints, by F C Husenbeth and Augustus Jessopp
- Heiligen 3s
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Pictorial Lives of the Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Bathilde“. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 January 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>