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Bilihildis
benedictine abbess and Frankish saint
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Feast: 27 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
734
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Bilhild (also spelled Bilihilt, Bilihildis, Bilehild; died 734) was a Frankish noblewoman, remembered as the founder and abbess of the monastery of Altmünster near Mainz, and venerated locally as a saint, on Nov. 27.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Wikidata Q477895 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bilihildis of Altmünster (CC BY-SA)
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