Eustadiola
Merovingian saint
Feast: 8 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Eustadiola (594–684) was a saint, widow, and abbess. She was born to wealthy and politically powerful parents in Bourges, France. She married due to pressure from her family, but became a widow at a young age, which gave her the financial and social independence to live what Sainted Women of the Dark Ages centuries later called a "semiretired religious life". She gave away her wealth to the poor, founded churches, monasteries, and convents, and used her wealth and influence to expand and decorate the buildings. Eustadiola was abbess of the convent she founded in Bourges, and lived as an ascetic for 70 years. Many miracles and healings were attributed to her.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France) — Sainte Eustadiole (VIIe siècle) — Widow and abbess at Bourges (594-684), whose life is recorded in the 8th-century Vita of her contemporary St Sulpicius the Pious, bishop of Bourges. Feast 8 June, matching the entry.
- Wikidata Q5414336 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Eustadiola (CC BY-SA)
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