Landrada

Landrada of Austrasia (also called Leandra, died between and 708) was a German saint and ascetic. She co-founded Munsterbilsen Abbey, which was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Landrada's feast day is 8 July. She is the patroness saint of Munsterbilsen and Ghent.

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It is catalogued under topics including 690 deaths, 7th-century Christian nuns and 7th-century Frankish nuns.

Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Place of birth: Bilzen
Place of death: Munsterbilzen Abbey
Father: Charles Martel
Mother: Rotrude of Trier
Sibling: Remigius of Rouen
Occupation: aristocrat
Position held: abbess
Religion: Catholic Church
Family: Arnulfings
Image: St. Landrada.jpg
Religious order: Benedictines

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canonization status: saint
date of death: 0700-00-00
date of birth: 0650-00-00
feast day: July 8

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== Life == Landrada was the only daughter of German nobles and part of the family of Pepin of Landen. At an early age, despite being raised in the nobility, she rejected her status and "was regarded, even as a child, as a model of Christian perfection". She received several offers of marriage, which she refused because as her hagiographer Sabine Baring-Gould states, "she had chosen a bridegroom not of this world". Baring-Gould also states that Landrada "kept aloof from all worldly pleasures, and devoted whole days to prayer", left her home and became an ascetic in the nearby forest, in the area of Munsterbilsen in northeastern Belgium. She built her own hut, refused to sleep in a bed or use a bath, and ate only bread and water.

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