Saint Bertilia of Mareuil

Also known as

• Bertilia of Marolles

Memorial

• 3 January

Profile

Born to the Frankish nobility. Noted in her youth for her piety and charity. Married to Gutland, another Frankish noble noted for his own piety. Widow. She built a church dedicated to Saint Amandus of Maastricht, and moved into an adjoining cell where she lived as an anchoress the rest of her days.

Born

• Belgium

Died

• 687 in Mareuil, Belgium of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints II, by Father Thomas J Donaghy
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bertilia of Mareuil”. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 January 2010. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-bertilia-of-mareuil/>