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Rictrude
Merovingian saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 12 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
614
Died
687
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the monastery of Marchiennes near Cambrai in Austrasia, in the territory of present-day France, Saint Rictrude, abbess, who, after the violent death of her husband Adalbald, took the sacred veil on the advice of Saint Amand and governed the consecrated virgins with great uprightness.
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 12 May as the widowed abbess of Marchiennes who took the veil on the advice of Saint Amand.
Connected on this site
- Adalbard Saint Spouse
- Adalsinda Saint Child
- Clotsinda Saint Child
- Eusebia of Hamage Saint Child
- Maurontius of Douai Saint Child
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q445183 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Rictrude (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.