Saint Aldegundis
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- Also known as
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Adelgundis
Aldegonda
Aldegonde
Aldegondes
Aldegun
Aldegunais
Aldegund
Orgonne
- Memorial
- 30 January
- Profile
- Daughter of Saint Walbert and Saint Bertilia; sister of Saint Waldetrudis; aunt of Saint Madalberta.
Lived in the convent at Mons with Waldetrudis.
Benedictine abbess.
Hermitess at Mauberge; her cell became the core of a Benedictine monastery she founded and served as its first abbess.
Visionary.
Friend of Saint Humbert of Pelagius.
- Born
- c.633 at Hainault, Belgium
- Died
- 30 January 684, probably of breast cancer, at Maubeuge, France
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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against breast cancer
against cancer
against childhood diseases
against sudden death
against wounds
cancer patients
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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