Diethild

Diethild is a rare female given name.

Origin and meaning

The name comes from Old High German and means "The fighter among the people".

Well-known namesake

In the 6th century there lived a granddaughter of King Clovis I named Diethild (Theudechilde, † 598). She supported monasteries and churches and was buried in the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif . The day of remembrance ( name day ) of Diethild is the day of her death, June 28th .

Thiathild (Diethild) von Freckenhorst (east of Münster ) was an abbess of the Freckenhorst monastery in the 9th century . Her feast day is January 30th .

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↑ Ekkart Sauser: THEUDECHILD (Techild, Diethild). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 1372. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
↑ http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienT/Thiathild_Diethild_von_Freckenhorst.htm

[1] Ekkart Sauser: THEUDECHILD (Techild, Diethild). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 1372. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

[2] ttp://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienT/Thiathild_Diethild_von_Freckenhorst.htm