Rictrude (Rictrudis, Richtrudis, Richrudis) (c. 614–688) was abbess of Marchiennes Abbey, in Flanders. The main early source for her life is the Vita Rictrudis...
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Marchiennes Abbey was a French monastery located on the Scarpe in Marchiennes. It was founded around 630 by Adalbard of Douai, and Irish monks, disciples...
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All four became nuns, Richtrudis taking the role of abbess at Marchiennes. As Marchiennes had been made a dual monastery by Richtrudis around 647, her...
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commissioned by Marchiennes Abbey, and written in 907 by Hucbald. Karine Ugé suggests that the identification of Maurontius as a son of Rictrude is due to an...
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Rictrude. Adalbald was a leading noble and claimed lordship of Douai. He was a disciple of Amand of Maastricht. In 630, Adalbald founded Marchiennes Abbey...
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served as the first abbot of the monastery of Marchiennes from 641, according to the Annals of Marchiennes. This monastery had been founded as a male community...
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Mazingarbe (category Communes of Pas-de-Calais)
mentioned as the villa Mazengarba confirmed as a possession of the abbey of Marchiennes. The estate and its lands remained the property of the church until the...
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Jonas of Bobbio (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Sourcebook: Fordham University Karine Ugé (2000), "The Legend of Saint Rictrude: Formation and Transformations (Tenth–Twelfth Century)", Anglo-Norman Studies...
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which is in the public domain. Ugé, Karine (2000), "The Legend of Saint Rictrude: Formation and Transformations (Tenth–Twelfth Century)", Anglo-Norman Studies...
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February 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
February 3 - East) Saint Adalbert I of Ostrevent (Adalbald), founder of Marchiennes Abbey (652) Saint Feock, a saint recalled by a church dedication in Cornwall...
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