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Vulfetrude
French abbess
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Feast: 23 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
640
Died
669
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Vulfetrude, also known as Wilfretrudis and Wulfetrude (died 669), was an Abbess of Nivelles from 659 to 669 AD. She was a daughter of Grimoald I, therefore, a grand daughter of Pepin the Elder, mayor of the palace of Austrasia and Itte Idoberge of the Carolingian dynasty.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Gertrude of Nivelles Saint“She entered the monastery of Nivelles, and she succeeded her aunt Saint Gertrude of Nivelles as abbess in 659 AD.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Wikidata Q3340821 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Vulfetrude (CC BY-SA)
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