Saint Richrudis of Marchiennes
- Also known as
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Rictrude of Marchiennes
Rictrudis of Marchiennes
- Memorial
- 12 May
- Profile
- Born to the nobility, the daughter of Ernold.
Married to the Frankish nobleman Saint Adalbald of Ostrevant; her family objected to Adalbald's military incursions into their region, and endlessly opposed the marriage.
Mother of four - Saint Eusebia, Saint Clotsind, Saint Adalsindis, and Saint Mauront.
The couple dedicated themselves and their fortunes to care for the poor and to religious projects including founding a Benedictine double monastery at Marchiennes, Flanders, Belgium.
After Adalbald was murdered, she was pressured by the royal court to remarry.
She refused, and with the help of her friend, Saint Amandus, she became a Benedictine nun at the Marchiennes monastery.
Abbess there for forty years.
Three of her children, Adalsindis, Clotsind and Mauront, lived there in religious life during her time.
- Born
- 612 in Gascony, France
- Died
- 12 May 687 in Marchiennes, Belgium of natural causes;
relics translated to Paris, France;
relics destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Representation
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nun holding a church in her hand
nun Saint Eusebia, Saint Clotsind, Saint Adalsindis, and Saint Mauront
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