Monegundis
Saint Monegundis | |
|---|---|
 Monegundis blessing oil and salt (18th c.) | |
| Anchorite, Abbess | |
| Born | Chartres, France |
| Died | 570 AD |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | July 2 |
Monegundis (also Monegund, Monegundes, Monegunda, died 570 AD) was a Frankish hermit and saint.[1] A native of Chartres, she married and bore her husband daughters.[2] When her daughters died in childhood, she decided to become an anchorite after a long bout with depression, and after receiving permission from her husband.
She founded a hermitage, consisting of a private room, at Chartres. She later moved to a site near the tomb of Saint Martin at Tours. She thence acquired a reputation for holiness. This attracted other women to a similar lifestyle, and Monegundis devised a monastic rule that led to the founding of the convent of Saint Pierre-le-Puellier.
Her feast day in the General Roman Calendar on July 2.[1]
References
- ^ a b "St. Monegundis - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online". Catholic Online. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "St. Monegundis of France". www.antiochian.org. Retrieved 2016-07-28.