Rictrude
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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 of Hucbald, commissioned by the abbey, and written in 907 by Hucbald.[1].
She was from a noble family in Gascony. She married Adalbald, later murdered. In Hucbald's account, this is shown deliberately as a model marriage[2].
Four of her five children were Clotsindis, her daughter and successor as abbess[3], Adalsindis[4], Eusebia and Maurantius.[5]
She is a Catholic saint, feast day 12 May. All four children are also saints.
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- Jo Ann McNamara, John E. Halborg, E. Gordon Whatley (1992), Sainted Women of the Dark Ages, pp.195-219
