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Bertha of Val d'Or
SaintFrancePre-congregation
Feast: 1 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
690
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Bertha of Val d'Or (birth unknown, death c. 690), was an abbess, virgin, and martyr. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church as a saint.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Nominis (French Bishops' Conference) - Sainte Berthe, abbesse fondatrice de l'abbaye d'Avenay — "Sainte Berthe, chaste epouse de saint Gombert, fonda en 660 a Avenay-Val-d'Or pres de Reims une abbaye benedictine" (+ about 690); matches our died 690, feast 1 May.
- Wikidata Q2979601 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bertha of Val d'Or (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.