Saint Waltrude

Also known as

• Vautrude
• Vaudru
• Waldetrudis
• Waltrudis

Memorial

• 9 April

Profile

Daughter of Saint Bertille and Saint Walbert of Hainault. Sister of Saint Aldegundis. Married to Madelgaire, count of Hainault, a lord in King Dagobert’s court. Mother of two sons and two daughters – including Saint Landericus of Soignies, Saint Madalberta and Saint Aldetrudis. She convinced her husband to become a monk, and he is now known as Saint Vincent of Soignies. Spiritual student of Saint Guislain. Took the veil from Saint Aubert. Founded a religious community in Mons, Belgium, but lived as a member, not a leader. Target of much slander from the secular world.

Died

• 9 April 686 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Hainault, Belgium
• Mons, Belgium

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Waltrude”. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 April 2012. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-waltrude/>