Angadrisma (''Angadrême, Angadresima, Angadreme, Angradesma, Andragasyna'') (d. ca. 695) was a seventh-century

abbess An abbess (Latin: ''abbatissa''), also known as a mother superior, is the female superior of a community of Catholic nuns in an abbey. Description In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic ...

and

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, daughter of

Robert I, Bishop of Tours Chrodebert I (Chrotbert, Radobertus, Robert I) (died 695), List of Merovingian referendaries, Merovingian referendary and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours, Bishop of Tours (as Chrotbert, 660-695), son of Charibert de Haspengau and his wife Wulfg ...

. A cousin to Lambert, Bishop of Lyon, she was educated at

Thérouanne Thérouanne (; vls, Terenburg; Dutch ''Terwaan'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is located west of Aire-sur-la-Lys and south of Saint-Omer, on the D 157 and D 341 road junction. Locate ...

by Lambert and Saint Audomare (Omer). Although she wished to become a

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, she was promised in an

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to Saint Ansbert of Chaussy. Tradition states that Angadrisma, wishing for a way out, prayed fervently and was stricken with

leprosy Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria ''Mycobacterium leprae'' or ''Mycobacterium lepromatosis''. Infection can lead to damage of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This nerve damag ...

. She was cured when she was allowed to become a nun and received the veil from

Saint Ouen Audoin (AD 609 – on 24 August 684; also spelled ''Audoen'', ''Ouen'', ''Owen''; la, Audoenus; known as Dado to contemporaries) was a Frankish bishop, courtier, hagiographer and saint. Life Audoin came from a wealthy aristocratic Frankish fami ...

archbishop of Rouen The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Rothomagensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Rouen'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. As one of the fifteen Archbishops of France, the Ar ...

. She became abbess of the

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convent of Oroër-des-Vierges, near

Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous ...

. Angadrisma is portrayed in art with her face pitted by leprous skin. She is venerated as the patron of the

diocese of Beauvais The Diocese of Beauvais, Noyon, and Senlis ( la, Dioecesis Bellovacensis, Noviomensis et Silvanectensis; french: Diocèse de Beauvais, Noyon et Senlis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The di ...

References

External links

Ste Angadrême, vierge; Patronne principale de Beauvais
website of Le diocèse de Beauvais, Noyon et Senlis
Saint of the Day, October 14: Angadrisma
website of Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Washington, DC
Saint Angadrisma of Beauvais
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