Walbert IV
Count of Hainaut and Frankish saint
Feast: 11 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Walbert IV (French: Sainte Walbert IV) (died c. 640-646 AD), also known as Vaubert, Waubert, or Waudbert was a Merovingian Count of Hainaut and a Frankish saint. He was the father of Saint Waltrude (wife of Madelgaire), and Saint Aldegund, first abbess of Maubeuge.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Aldegund Saint Child
- Bertille of Thuringia Saint Spouse
- Pepin of Landen Saint Relative
- Saint Aye Saint Relative
- Waltrude Saint Child
- The Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent) — Article on St Aldegundis: 'Her father and mother, afterwards honoured as St. Walbert and St. Bertilia, lived in Flanders in the province of Hainault.'
- Wikidata Q2002344 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Walbert IV (CC BY-SA)
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