January 30th

Saint Bathild

Saint · Common of Holy Women · Chelles, France · d. c. 680

At Chelles on the Marne in the region of Paris in France, Saint Bathild, who, as queen, founded monasteries under the Rule of Saint Benedict after the manner of Luxeuil. After the death of her husband Clovis II she took up the government of the Frankish kingdom, and, when her son came to reign, she passed her last years under the full rule of religious life.

Latin Original

Calae ad Mátronam 1n pago Gállize Parisiénsi, sanctae Bathiíldis b ) quae, regína, ccenóbia sub Régula sancti Benedicti ex more Luxoviénsi fundávit, post cóniugis Clodovéi Secüándi mortem Francórum regni , g gubernácula suscépit et, filio regnánte, novíssimos annos sub íntegra religiónis régula conversáta est.