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Dagobert II
Frankish king
Sigebert III
King of Austrasia
Venantius Fortunatus
Italian saint-bishop, poet and hymnwriter (c. 530-c. 600/609)
Arnulf
Frankish bishop
Eligius
Roman Catholic bishop and saint
Gertrude of Nivelles
Benedictine abbess and saint (626-659)
Bertha of Kent
6th century queen consort of Kent
Saint Gall
Irish disciple and saint
Begga
Saint Begga (also Begue, Beghe, Begge) (615 – 17 December 693) was the daughter of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, and his wife Itta. She is also the grandmother of Charles Martel, who is the grandfather of Charlemagne.
Saint Bavo
Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint
Leodegar
Leodegar of Poitiers (; ; 615 – October 2, 679 AD) was a martyred Burgundian Bishop of Autun. He was the son of Saint Sigrada and the brother of Saint Warinus.
Balthild
Wife of Clovis II
Saint Amandus
Amandus ( 584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the catholic missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in France and Belgium.
Fiacre
Irish saint
Audoin
Frankish bishop
Chlodulf
French bishop and saint
Birinus
Birinus (also Berin, Birin;  – 3 December 649 or 650) was the first Bishop of Dorchester and was known as the "Apostle to the West Saxons" for his conversion of the Kingdom of Wessex to Christianity. He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Anglican churches.
Gudula
Gudula of Brabant, also known as Saint Gudula (ca. 646–712), was a Christian saint who is venerated in Catholic and Orthodox churches. In Brabant, she is usually called Goedele or Goule; (, later ''''; ; ). Her name is connected to several places: Moorsel (where she lived), Brussels (where a chapter in her honour was founded in 1047) and Eibingen (where the relic of her skull is conserved).
Audomar
Audomar (died 670), better known as Omer, was a bishop of Thérouanne, after whom the nearby Saint-Omer in northern France is named. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Sulpicius the Pious
French bishop and saint
Philibert of Jumièges
French saint
Itta of Metz
Frankish Saint
Amalberga of Maubeuge
saint
Aldegund
Aldegund ( 639–684), also Aldegundis or Aldegonde, was a Frankish Benedictine abbess who is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church in France and by the Orthodox Church.
Saint Arbogast
7th-century missionary; Bishop of Strasbourg
Adalrich, Duke of Alsace
7th-century Frankish nobleman
Desiderius of Vienne
bishop of Vienne
Waltrude
Saint Waltrude (; ; ; ; died April 9, 688 AD) is the patron saint of Mons, Belgium, where she is known in French as Sainte Waudru, and of Herentals, Belgium, where she is known in Dutch as Sint-Waldetrudis or -Waltrudis. Both cities boast a large medieval church that bears her name.
Landry of Paris
French bishop and saint
Gaugericus
Saint Gaugericus, in French Saint Géry (also known as Gorik, Gau; in Walloon, Djèri) ( 550 – August 11, 619) was a bishop of Cambrai, France.
Saint Faro
Bishop of Meaux
Arnoald
thumb|Stiftskirche St. Arnual Arnoald, also called Arnoldus or Arnual ( – ), was a Bishop of Metz between 601 and 609 or 611, the successor of his uncle Agilulf. He was the son of Ansbertus, a senator, and his wife Blithilde, whose parents were Charibert I and Ingoberga.
Bonitus
French bishop
Saint Fursey
Catholic and Orthodox saint, born around 567 in Ireland and died in the Merovingian kingdom of Austrasia around 648
Eustace of Luxeuil
Abbot of Luxeuil
Didier of Cahors
Merovingian official
Lupus of Sens
Bishop of Sens
Rictrude
thumb Rictrude (Rictrudis, Richtrudis, Richrudis) (c. 614–688) was abbess of Marchiennes Abbey, in Flanders. The main early source for her life is the Vita Rictrudis, commissioned by the abbey, and written in 907 by Hucbald.
Claudius of Besançon
French abbot and bishop
Burgundofara
Burgundofara (died 643 or 655), also Saint Fara or Fare, was the founder and first abbess of the Abbey of Faremoutiers.
Bertin
Bertin (; 615 – c. 709 AD), also known as Saint Bertin the Great, was the Frankish abbot of a monastery in Saint-Omer later named the Abbey of Saint Bertin after him. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The fame of Bertin's learning and sanctity was so great that in a short time more than 150 monks lived under his rule. Among them were St. Winnoc and his three companions who had come from Brittany to join Bertin's community and assist in the conversions. Nearly the whole Morini region was Christianized.
Aubert of Cambrai
Bishop of Cambrai
Remaclus
Remaclus (also called Remaclus von Stablo; died 673) was a Benedictine missionary bishop who is venerated as a saint.
Wandregisel
Saint Wandregisel () (c. 605–668 AD) was a Frankish courtier, monk, and abbot.
Disibod
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Donat de Besançon
26th archbishop of Besançon and saint
Richarius
Richarius of Celles (; ;  – April 26, 645 AD) was a Frankish hermit, monk, and the founder of two monasteries. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
St. Ada
Saint, nun, abbess
Cunibert
Cunibert, Cunipert, or Kunibert (c. 60012 November c. 663) was the ninth bishop of Cologne, from 623 to his death. Contemporary sources mention him between 627 and 643.
Ansbert of Rouen
Frankish Benedictine abbot and saint
Gondulph of Maastricht
Frankish bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht
Bertila de Chelles
Frankish abbesses
Attala
Abbot of Bobbio
Landelin
Saint Landelin (Dutch and ; ; 625 – 686 AD in what is now Belgium) is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.
Trudo
Saint Trudo (Tron, Trond, Trudon, Trutjen, Truyen) (died ca. 698) was a saint of the seventh century. He is called the "Apostle of Hesbaye" (a region mainly now in the Belgian provinces of Walloon Brabant, Liège, and Limburg). His feast day is celebrated on 23 November.
Goeric
Bishop of Metz
Aquilinus of Évreux
Frankish bishop and hermit
Romaric
Saint Romaric (died 653 AD) was a Frankish nobleman who lived in Austrasia from the late 6th century until the middle of the 7th century. He and Amatus of Grenoble founded Remiremont Abbey.
Deodatus of Nevers
Bishop of Nevers
Agilbert
Agilbert ( 650–680) was the second bishop of the West Saxon kingdom and later Bishop of Paris. He is venerated as a saint within the Catholic Church, with his feast day falling on 11 October.