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Reineldis
Belgian saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 16 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
630
Died
680
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Saintes in Hainaut, now in Belgian territory, the holy martyrs Reineldis, virgin, and Grimoald and Gondulph, who tradition says were killed by robbers.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 16 July as a virgin martyr of Saintes who tradition says was killed by robbers.
Connected on this site
- Amalberga of Maubeuge Saint Parent, Mother
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q463631 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Reineldis (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.