Saint Bova of Rheims

Also known as

• Beuve
• Boba
• Bona

Memorial

• 24 April

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Born a Merovingian princess, the daughter of King Sigebert of Austrasia; sister of Saint Balderic, aunt of Saint Doda of Rheims. Called to the religious life, she rejected a series of marriage proposal to become the first abbess of the Saint Peter monastery in Rheims, France.

Died

• 673 of natural causes
• relics at the Saint-Pierre Monastery, Rheims, France

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bova of Rheims“. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 April 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>