Saint Ida of Boulogne
Profile
Daughter of Duke Godfrey IV of Lorraine. Descendent of Blessed Charlemagne. Married Count Eustace II of Boulogne at age 17. Mother of Godfrey and Baldwin de Bouillon. Widow. Endowed several monasteries in Picardy (part of modern France). Benedictine oblate.
Born
- 1113 of natural causes
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- For All the Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
