Hiltrude of Liessies

Saint Hiltrude of Liessies (died late 700s) was a French Roman Catholic nun and virgin saint.


Hiltrude
S. Hiltrvdis Virgo, attributed to Theodore Galle, after Peter Paul Rubens (1617)
Virgin
Born740/750
Died27 September 769 (traditional)
or c.790
Liessies Abbey
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Canonized11th century
Feast27 September
AttributesLamp, candle
PatronageFever

Life

Hiltrude was the daughter of a Poitevin noble from Hainaut.[1]

She resolved to remain a virgin, and fled her father's house when presented with a suitor. She returned only when she learned that the suitor had married her sister.[1]

She took the veil and lived as a recluse in a cell attached to the church of Liessies. There she lived a life of prayer and penance until her death.[1]

References

Chasse of Saint Hiltrude in the Church of Saint Hiltrude, Liessies

Citations

  1. Commire 2007, p. 879.

Bibliography

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