Saint Radegundes

Saint Radegundes

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  • Description / Title of the Saint : Queen

Saint Radegundes

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  • Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Radegundes: August 13
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Queen
  • Date of Death: Saint Radegundes died 13th August, 587
 
 

The Story and History of Saint Radegundes
The story and history of Saint Radegundes. Radegundes was the daughter of a king of Thuringia who was assassinated by his brother; a war ensuing, our Saint, at the age of twelve, was made prisoner and carried captive by Clotaire, King of Soissons, who had her instructed in the Christian religion and baptized. The great mysteries of our Faith made such an impression on her tender soul that she gave herself to God with her whole heart, and desired to consecrate to him her virginity; she was obliged at last, however, to yield to the king's wish that she should become his wife. As a great queen, she continued no less an enemy to sloth and vanity than she was before, and divided her time chiefly between her oratory, the Church, and the care of the poor. She also kept long fasts, and during Lent wore a hair-cloth under her rich garments. Clotaire was at first pleased with her devotions, and allowed her full liberty in them, but afterward used frequently to reproach her for her pious exercises, saying he had married a nun rather than a queen, who converted his court into a monastery. Seeing that Clotaire was inflamed by bad passions, our Saint asked and obtained his leave to retire from court. She went to Noyon, and was consecrated deaconess by St. Medard. Radegundes first withdrew to Sais, and some time after she went to Poitiers, and there built a great monastery. She had a holy virgin, named Agnes, made the first abbess, and paid to her an implicit obedience in all things, not reserving to herself the disposal of the least thing. King Clotaire, repenting of his evil conduct, wished her to return to court, but, through the intercession of St. Germanus of Paris, she was allowed to remain in her retirement, where she died on the 13th of August, 587.

Feast Day of Saint Radegundes
The Feast Day of Saint Radegundes is August 13. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.

 

Saint Radegundes

  • Short, concise biography of Saint Radegundes
  • History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
  • Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Radegundes
  • Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Radegundes - August 13
  • History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
  • Date of Death: 13th August, 587
  • Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Radegundes
  • Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Queen
 
 

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