Tag: St Aldegonde
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Aldegonde (Adelgundis or Orgonne)
St Aldegonde (ca 639-684) was from the Merovingian Royal Family in the County of Hainaut, NW France. Her father and mother were both made Saints, St Walbert and St Bertila. St Aldegonde refused multiple royal marriage offers. Instead, she chose a cloistered life of prayer while setting up a small hospital on the banks of…
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30th January: St Aldegonde
Featured Saint: St Aldegonde (ca. 639-684) St Aldegonde chose a cloistered life, becoming a French Benedictine Abbess. She set up a small hospital on the banks of the River Sambre at Malbode, on whose waters she is said to have miraculously walked. The hospital later became the famous Maubeuge Abbey. St Aldegonde, at around 44yrs,…