Balda of Jouarre
French abbess and Catholic saint
Feast: 9 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Balda of Jouarre was the third abbess at Jouarre Abbey in north-central France. She was a nun at Jourarre for many years, under her nieces Theodichildis and Agilberta, who were abbesses before her. Her nephew, Agilbert, was bishop of Paris. She might have been related to Sadalberga.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- St. Agilberta Saint Relative
- santiebeati.it, 'Santa Balda di Jouarre, Badessa' / Menology of the Benedictine Order, 9 December — 'Santa Balda di Jouarre, Badessa, VII sec., festa 9 dicembre' — feast matches the entry exactly. The Benedictine menology: 'St. Balda, abbess of Jouarre, in the diocese of Meaux, was an aunt of St. Telechildis'; she is b
- Wikidata Q97340603 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Balda of Jouarre (CC BY-SA)
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