Saint Waltrude
- Also known as
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Vautrude;
Vaudru
- Memorial
- 9 April
- Profile
- Daughter of Saint Bertille.
Sister of Saint Aldegondes.
Married Madelgaire, count of Hainault, a lord in King Dagobert's court.
Mother of two sons and two daughters.
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, but lived as a member, not a leader.
Target of much slander from the secular world.
- Died
- 9 April 686
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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Hainault Belgium,
Mons Belgium
- Additional Information
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
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