Our Saint today is courtesy of TheDailyMass.com. This is another one that I herd about on my Flash Drive that I got from the Abbey Gift Shop, but I could find little written about her online.
St. Aldegunais (also known at Adelgundis, Aldegonde or Orgonne) lived from about 639 to 684. She was a member of the royal family of the Merovingians and both her parents are also Saints (St. Walbert and St. Bertila). The family resided in a region of Flanders. Aldegunais refused offers of marriage from other nobles and entered religious life instead. She founded a convent near the Sambre River which later became Mauberge, a noted Benedictine Monastery. She is reported to have died of cancer at the age of 54.
St. Aldegunais feast day is January 30. She is a patron of those suffering from cancer or other wounds.
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