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8th-century Frankish nuns

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Gisela, Abbess of Chelles
Roman Catholic nun and abbess
Adela
Catholic saint and royal princess
Austrebertha
Austrebertha (Austreberta, Eustreberta, Austreberta of Pavilly; ) (630–February 10, 704) was a French nun of the Middle Ages, who took the veil very young, and became a nun at the Port Monastery in the Ponthieu. She became abbess to the foundation of Pavilly, where she died at the beginning of the eighth century, at 74. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Her feast day is February 10.
Saint Erentrude
Erentrude (also known as Ehrentraud, Erendrudis, Erentruy, Erndrude, Arentruda, Ariotruda and Arndruda) was a saint and abbess, born during the end of the 7th century, probably in present-day Germany or Austria. She was born into a Franconian-Merovingian royal house, and was the niece of Rupert of Salzburg. She left her home country to assist Rupert in establishing religious communities in Salzburg; in about 700, he built a convent, Nonnberg Abbey, and installed her as its first abbess. She and the nuns at Nonnberg served the poor, needy, and ill, striking a balance between living as cloistere
Pharaildis
Saint Pharaildis or Pharailde () is an 8th-century Belgian virgin and patron saint of Ghent. Her dates are imprecise, but she lived to a great age and died on January 5 at ninety.
Relindis of Maaseik
Belgian saint
Opportuna of Montreuil
French Benedictine nun
Herlindis of Maaseik
Frankish saint and abbess
St. Adeloga of Kitzingen
German saint
Bertha of Artois
French abbess
Bilihildis
benedictine abbess and Frankish saint
Thecla of Kitzingen
Benedictine abbess and saint