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.

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Saint.name: Aldegund
Saint.birth_date: 639
Saint.death_date: 684
Saint.feast_day: January 30
Saint.venerated_in: Roman Catholic ChurchOrthodox Church
Saint.image: Aldegonde.jpg
Saint.imagesize: 120px
Saint.caption: A statue of Saint Aldegonde on the church of Noirchain (Frameries), Hainaut, Belgium
Saint.birth_place: Guînes, County of Hainaut
Saint.death_place: Abbey of Maubeuge,County of Hainaut
Saint.titles: Virgin and abbess
Saint.patronage: Breast cancer, wounds
Saint.major_shrine: Abbey of Maubeuge,Maubeuge, Nord, France

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Place of birth: Cousolre
Place of death: Maubeuge
Father: Walbert IV
Sibling: Waltrude
Occupation: nun
Position held: abbess
Religion: Catholic Church
Image: H. Aldegondis van Maubeuge, RP-P-1904-365.jpg
Religious order: Benedictines

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Commons category: Saint Aldegonde
date of death: 0684-01-30
date of birth: 0639-01-01
canonization status: Catholic saint
feast day: January 30
described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia
subject has role: Virgin

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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.

Aldegund was closely related to the Merovingian royal family. Her parents, afterwards honored as St. Walbert, Count of Guînes, and St. Bertilla de Mareuil, lived in the County of Hainaut. She is the most famous of what Aline Hornaday calls the "Maubeuge Cycle" of Merovingian saints.

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