Saint Madelberte of Maubeuge (or Machtelberthe; died c. 705) was a 7th-century nun related to the
Merovingian dynasty
The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from the middle of the 5th century until 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gauli ...
.
She became abbess of
Maubeuge Abbey in the
County of Hainaut, now in northern France near the Belgian border. She died in 705 or 706.
Life
Madelberte was the daughter of Saint and Saint
Waltrude
Saint Waltrude (french: Waudru; nl, Waldetrudis; german: Waltraud; la, Valdetrudis, Valtrudis, Waltrudis; died April 9, 688 AD) is the patron saint of Mons, Belgium, where she is known in French as Sainte Waudru, and of Herentals, Belgium, whe ...
.
Around 697 she succeeded her aunt, Saint
Aldegonde
Aldegund ( 639–684), also Aldegundis or Aldegonde, was a Frankish Benedictine abbess who is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church in France and Orthodox Church.
Aldegund was closely related to the Merovingian royal family. Her pare ...
, and her sister Saint
Aldetrude
Aldetrude (died 696, or 526) was a Christian saint and from 684 was abbess of Maubeuge Abbey in the County of Hainault, now in northern France. She is also known as Aldetrude de Maubeuge, Aldetrude of Maubod, Aldetrudis and Adeltrude.
She was on ...
, as abbess of
Maubeuge.
Her feast day is 7 September.
Butler's account
The hagiographer
Alban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer.
Biography
Alban Butler was born in 1710, at Appletree, Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, the second son of Simon Butler, Esq. His father died when ...
wrote in his ''Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'' (1866),
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7th-century Frankish nobility
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