Saint Bathild
- Also known as
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Bathildes;
Bathildis
- Memorial
- 30 January
- Profile
- Kidnapped in her youth from her native England and sold into slavery in France to Erkenwald, the Mayor of the Palace of King Clovis II.
When grown, she was placed in charge of the household.
Married King Clovis II in 649.
Queen.
Mother of three sons, all of whom became kings: Clotaire III, Childeric II and Thierry I.
She used her royal position to protect the Church, and help the poor.
Widowed in 655.
Regent.
Upon taking her late husband's power, she immediately forbade the enslavement of Christians.
Endowed religious houses, and helped the work of Saint Eligius.
In 665, when her son Clotaire was 15, she handed the throne over to him, and entered the convent of Chelles, spending the rest of her life in prayer and care of the sick.
- Died
- 30 January 680, of natural causes;
buried in the Abbey of Chelles
- Canonized
- by Pope Nicholas I
- Patronage
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bodily ills,
children,
illness,
sick people,
sickness,
widows
- Representation
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crowned nun often performing menial tasks or giving alms to the poor;
ladder extending into heaven
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
Catholic Information Network
Catholic Encyclopedia
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society
- Print References
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
New Catholic Dictionary
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