Radegund
Sign in to saveRadegund (; also spelled Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund; 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in France and England and of Jesus College, Cambridge (whose full name is "The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge").
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- Born
- 0518-01-01
- Died
- 0587-08-13
- Works
- 1
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Radegund
- Saint.death_date
- 13 August
- Saint.feast_day
- 13 August
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- Sainte Radegonde.JPG
- Saint.caption
- 11th-century depiction of Radegund
- Saint.birth_place
- Thuringian tribes
- Saint.death_place
- Abbey of the Holy Cross, Poitiers, Aquitaine, Kingdom of the Franks
- Saint.attributes
- crowned; mantle with fleurs de lys
- Saint.patronage
- Jesus College, Cambridge
- Saint.major_shrine
- Church of St. Radegonde, Poitiers, Vienne, France
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 518
- Died
- 13 August 587
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Francia
- Place of birth
- Erfurt
- Place of death
- Poitiers
- Spouse
- Chlothar I
- Father
- Bertachar
- Occupation
- nun
- Position held
- queen regnant
- Religion
- Catholic Church
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Radegund (; also spelled Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund; 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in France and England and of Jesus College, Cambridge (whose full name is "The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge").
== Life == thumb|Church of St. Radegonde (Poitiers) Radegund was born about 520 to Bertachar, one of the three kings of the German land Thuringia. Radegund's uncle, Hermanfrid, killed Bertachar in battle, and took Radegund into his household. After allying with the Frankish King Theuderic, Hermanfrid defeated his other brother Baderic. However, having crushed his brothers and seized control of Thuringia, Hermanfrid reneged on his agreement with Theuderic to share sovereignty.