Saint Vulfetrude, also known as Wilfretrudis and Wulfetrude (died 669), was an Abbess of Nivelles from 659 to 669 AD. She was a daughter of Grimoald I, therefore, a grand daughter of Pepin the Elder, mayor of the palace of Austrasia and Itte Idoberge of the Carolingian dynasty.[1][2][3][4]
She entered the monastery of Nivelles, and she succeeded her aunt Saint Gertrude of Nivelles as abbess in 659 AD. The fall of her father Grimoald I and her brother Childebert the Adopted left her exposed to the hostility of opponents of the family.
She is commemorated on November 23.[5]
References
edit- ^ Pierre Riché, Les Carolingiens, une famille qui fit l'Europe, Paris: Hachette, coll. « Pluriel », 1983 (reprinted 1997), 490 p.; pp. 31 & 34
- ^ Jean-Charles Volkmann, Bien connaître les généalogies des rois de France, Éditions Gisserot, 1999
- ^ Michel Mourre, Le Petit Mourre. Dictionnaire d'Histoire universelle, Éditions Bordas, 2007 (ISBN 978-2-04-732194-2)
- ^ Nathalie Stalmans, La Conjuration des Fainéants. Rennes: Terre de brume, 2008
- ^ "Calendar of Saints - 23 November". Catholicsaints.mobi. Retrieved 9 January 2019.