Baudonivia
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Baudonivia (fl. c. 600) was a nun and hagiographer at the convent of Holy Cross of Poitiers. Very little is known about her. She wrote a biography of Radegund, Queen, founder of Holy Cross, and saint. Scholars have noticed a marked difference in perspective between an earlier life of Radegund composed by Venantius Fortunatus, written from a close friend's perspective, and Baudonivia's, written from the perspective of a nun of Radegund's own convent.
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- Born
- 6th
- Died
- 7th cent.
- Works
- 1
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- La vita Radegundis di Baudonivia
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Francia
- Occupation
- nun
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- hagiography
- Work location
- Poitiers
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- date of death
- 0615-01-01
- date of birth
- 0554-01-01
- writing language
- Latin
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Baudonivia (fl. c. 600) was a nun and hagiographer at the convent of Holy Cross of Poitiers. Very little is known about her. She wrote a biography of Radegund, Queen, founder of Holy Cross, and saint. Scholars have noticed a marked difference in perspective between an earlier life of Radegund composed by Venantius Fortunatus, written from a close friend's perspective, and Baudonivia's, written from the perspective of a nun of Radegund's own convent.
==History== thumb|Illuminated Manuscript of St. Radegund inspired, in part, by the work of Baudonivia Baudonivia wrote her Vita Radegundis, a biography of the Frankish queen Radegund, founder of the Holy Cross abbey, at the request of the other nuns at Holy Cross.
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