Anstrudis
Daughter of Saint Blandinus and Saint Salaberga
Feast: 17 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Anstrudis (Anstrude, Austru, or Austrude) (c. 645 – 688) was a saint, virgin, and abbess of the Abbey of St. John, Laon. Her life story is recounted in a hagiography, entitled Vita Anstrudis abbatissae Laudunensis, written in the 9th century by an anonymous author. Antrudis was the daughter of Sadalberga, the first abbess of the Abbey of St. John in Laon, who succeeded Sadalberga after her death. She was reported to have performed many miracles, most of them after her death. Life was not much easier for Anstrudis; her hagiographer wrote, "the hardships foreshadowed by Sadalberga were visited upon her daughter Anstrude in her capacity as abbess".
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Sadalberga Saint Mother, Parent
- Saint Baudouin Saint Brother or sister
- Butler's Lives of the Saints - St Salaberga, 22 September — Butler: "By him she had five children, of whom two, Bauduin and Anstrudis, are venerated as saints"; Anstrudis, abbess of Laon, feast 17 October.
- Wikidata Q2057464 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Anstrudis (CC BY-SA)
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