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 Abt 520 - 586 (~ 66 years)
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Radegund |
| Birth |
Abt 520 |
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Female |
| Canonized |
9th century |
- Canonized in the 9th century, she is the «u»patron saint «/u» of several English churches and of «u»Jesus College, Cambridge «/u».
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Rhadegund, Radegonde, Radigund) |
| Death |
13 Aug 586 |
| Burial |
16 Aug 586 |
| Notes |
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radegund
«b»Radegund«/b» was born to King «u»Berthar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertachar>«/u», one of the three kings of «u»Thuringia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuringia>«/u» (a kingdom located in present day «u»Germany«/u»), some time in the first half of the «u»6th century«/u».
Radegund's uncle, «u»Hermanfrid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermanfrid>«/u», killed «u»Berthar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthar>«/u» in battle, orphaning her. Then, after allying with the «u»Frankish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franks>«/u» King «u»Theuderic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theuderic_I_of_Austrasia>«/u», «u»Hermanfrid <>«/u» defeated his other brother «u»Baderic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baderic>«/u». However, having crushed his brothers and seized control of Thuringia, «u»Hermanfrid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermanfrid>«/u» reneged on his deal with «u»Theuderic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theuderic_I_of_Austrasia>«/u» to share sovereignty.
In «u»531«/u» «u»Theuderic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theuderic_I_of_Austrasia>«/u» returned to Thuringia with his brother «u»Clotaire I <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotaire_I>«/u». Together they defeated «u»Hermanfrid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermanfrid>«/u» and conquered his kingdom. «u»Clotaire I <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotaire_I>«/u» also took charge of Radegund, taking her back to «u»Merovingian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merovingian>«/u» «u»Gaul <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaul>«/u» with him and making her his wife.
Radegund was one of «u»Clotaire I <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotaire_I>«/u»'s four wives (the other three being «u»Chunsina «/u», «u»Ingund «/u» and Ingund's sister «u»Aregund «/u»). She bore him no children, and, after «u»Clotaire I <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotaire_I>«/u» had her brother assassinated, she turned to «u»God«/u», founding a nunnery in «u»Poitiers <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitiers>«/u».
Her chaplain was the poet «u»Venantius Fortunatus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venantius_Fortunatus>«/u» and she was a friend of «u»Gregory of Tours <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Tours>«/u». She died on «u»13 August«/u» «u»586 «/u» and her funeral, which both men attended, was three days later.
She was «u»canonized «/u»as a «u»saint«/u» in the ninth century. Five English «u»parish churches «/u» are dedicated to her, and she had a «u»chapel «/u» in the old «u»St Paul's Cathedral <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral>«/u», as well as in «u»Gloucester <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester_Cathedral>«/u», «u»Lichfield <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichfield_Cathedral>«/u», and «u»Exeter Cathedrals <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter_Cathedral>«/u». «u»Saint Radegund's Abbey«/u», near Dover, was founded in her honour in 1191. She is also the «u»patron saint «/u»of «u»Jesus College, Cambridge <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_College%2C_Cambridge>«/u», which was founded on the site of the twelfth-century nunnery of Saint Mary and Saint Radegund.
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I13230 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
8 Nov 2012 |
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