Saint Maxellendis

Memorial

• 13 November

Profile

Daughter of Humolin and Ameltrudis. Her parents arranged a marriage for her with Harduin of Solesmes, but Maxellendis felt a call to religious life. When Harduin and his party arrived to take her, Maxellendis refused, insisting she wished to become a nun. Angered by her defiance, Harduin killed her – and was immediately struck blind. Convinced him of his error, Harduin knelt beside the girl’s coffin, prayed for forgiveness – and his eyesight was restored.

Died

• stabbed to death c.670 in Caudry, France

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Maxellendis”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 November 2010. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-maxellendis/>