Monegundis
christian saint
Feast: 2 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Monegundis (also Monegund, Mongon, Molmadund, died 570 AD) was a Frankish hermit and saint. She has been called "a holy recluse". She married and had two daughters, who both died in childhood. Deeply depressed and overcome with grief, she left her husband and became an anchorite in a small cell, living off bread and water. Her fame grew as she performed miracles and became "a leader of a local community of worshippers and attracted those who needed assistance through her gifts of physical healing". She moved to Tours "with her husband's permission", near the shrine and basilica of St. Martin of Tours.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Gregory of Tours Saint“Her biography was written by hagiographer Gregory of Tours, who was acquainted with her personally, in his De Vita Patrum (The Life of the Fathers, 570).” — Wikipedia
- Martin of Tours Saint“Martin of Tours.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q3323514 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Monegundis (CC BY-SA)
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