Saint Begga of Ardenne
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- Memorial
- 17 December
- Profile
- Daughter of Blessed Pepin I of Landen, mayor of the palace, and Saint Ida of Nivelles.
Sister of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles.
Married Ansegilius, son of Saint Arnulf of Metz.
Mother of Pepin of Herstal, founder of the Carolingian dynasty of rulers in France, in 635, and of Martin of Laon.
On the death of her husband in 691 in a hunting accident, she took the veil, founded founded seven churches, and built a convent at Ardenne on the Meuse River where she spent the rest of her days as abbess.
- Died
- 693 at Ardenne on the Meuse River
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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