Saint Bertha of Avenay

Memorial

• 1 May

Profile

Benedictine nun. Founder and abbess of the convent at Avenay in the diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne, France. Martyr.

Died

• martyred c.685

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against insanity

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bertha of Avenay”. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 April 2012. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-bertha-of-avenay/>