France. Originally named Evoriacum, Faremoutiers was renamed in honour of Saint Fara, who founded the Abbey of Faremoutiers there in the 620s. It lies in the...

Faremoutiers Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Faremoutiers) was an important Merovingian Benedictine nunnery (re-established in the 20th century) in...

of Faremoutiers Abbey in Brie, Seaxburh and Æthelthryth who were abbesses of Ely. Æthelburh and Saethryth were sent to the nunnery of Faremoutiers in...

Saint Fara or Fare, was the founder and first abbess of the Abbey of Faremoutiers. Her family is known as the Faronids, named after her brother Faro. Her...

children Gersuinda Adaltrude Madelgard Ruodhaid (d. 852), Abbess of Faremoutiers Regina Drogo (801–855), Bishop of Metz Hugh (c. 802–844), archchancellor...

young. Antoinette of Guise (31 August 1531 – 6 March 1561), Abbess of Faremoutiers François de Lorraine, Grand Prior (18 April 1534 – 6 March 1563) René...

Guise (31 August 1531, Joinville – 6 March 1561, Joinville), Abbess of Faremoutiers François de Lorraine, Grand Prior (18 April 1534, Joinville – 6 March...

of Barking (died after 686/688), abbess of Barking Saint Æthelburh of Faremoutiers (died 664), princess and abbess Saint Æthelburh of Kent (died 647), queen...

who both were eventually canonized: Saint Eorcengota became a nun at Faremoutiers Abbey on the continent, and Saint Ermenilda became abbess at Ely. Eorcenberht...

her knowledge of procedures gained from her family's links with the Faremoutiers Abbey as a basis for the ceremony. After Seaxburh, Æthelthryth's niece...