Reineldis
Reineldis von Saintes , also Reinildis , Reinhild (* Condacum around 630 ; † around 680 in Saintes , Belgium ) was a nun and is a Catholic saint .
According to tradition, she was a Franconian . Her father was a Witger , Duke of Lorraine and Count of Brabant, her mother Amalberga von Maubeuge . Witger later became a monk, Amalberga became a nun together with his two daughters in the Benedictine convent in Maubeuge . Her mother, sister Gudula of Brussels and her brother Emembertus (Ablebertus) of Carmbrai, Bishop of Cambrai-Arras († beginning of the 8th century), are also venerated as saints.
She bequeathed her property to the Lobbes Monastery . She lived as a nun and a hermit and made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land . According to a legend, she was murdered in a church by plundering Frisians , according to another variant by the Huns .
The Vita Renildis was written by Abbot Hugo of the Lobbes Monastery between 1048 and 1051.
Her feast day is July 16 and is the patroness of fever, festering and rupturing wounds, strokes, paralysis, eye diseases, scrofula, rashes, ulcers and hair loss in the saint encyclopedia.
Web links
- Lexicon of saints
- The bright Reineldis (Norway.)
- Catholic Online (Engl.)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saint Lexicon
- ↑ Den hellige Reineldis (norwegian.)
- ↑ Catholic Online (Eng.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reineldis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reineldis of Saintes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | catholic saints |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 630 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 680 |
| Place of death | Saintes |