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Sainte-Austreberthe (other)
Sainte-Austreberthe ("Saint Austrebertha Saint Austrebertha (also known as Austreberta, Eustreberta, or Austreberta of Pavilly; french: Austreberthe) (630–February 10, 704) was a French nun of the Middle Ages, who took the veil very young and was a nun at the Port Monastery in the ...") is the name of two communes in France: * Sainte-Austreberthe, Pas-de-Calais * Sainte-Austreberthe, Seine-Maritime {{Disambiguation ...
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Saint Austrebertha
Saint Austrebertha (also known as Austreberta, Eustreberta, or Austreberta of Pavilly; french: Austreberthe) (630–February 10, 704) was a French nun of the Middle Ages, who took the veil very young and was a nun at the Port Monastery in the Ponthieu. Then she became abbess to the foundation of Pavilly, where she died at the beginning of the eighth century, at the age of 74 years. Her feast day is February 10. Life The daughter of Saint Framechildis and the Count Palatine Badefrid, she was born about 630 in Thérouanne, Pas-de-Calais. She refused to be part of an arranged marriage and in around 656 entered the Port-le-Grand Monastery in Ponthieu. She received the veil from Saint Omer before founding another monastery in Marconne in Artois in the house of her parents. She later established a monastery at Pavilly. Although not well known outside of Upper Normandy, Austreberthe was said to have performed miracles during her lifetime. It was said that the water of a spring appe ...
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Sainte-Austreberthe, Pas-de-Calais
Sainte-Austreberthe is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Sainte-Austreberthe is a suburb of Hesdin, located 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer Montreuil (; also nl, Monsterole), also known as Montreuil-sur-Mer (; pcd, Montreu-su-Mér or , literally ''Montreuil on Sea''), is a sub-prefecture in the Pas-de-Calais department, northern France. It is located on the Canche river, not far fr ... at the junction of the D340 and D113 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Austreberthe, dating from the seventeenth century * A chapel See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Sainteaustreberthe Artois {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ...
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