Angadrisma (''Angadrême, Angadresima, Angadreme, Angradesma, Andragasyna'') (d. ca. 695) was a 7th-century

abbess An abbess (Latin: ''abbatissa'') is the female superior of a community of nuns in an abbey. Description In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic, Lutheran and Anglican abbeys, the mod ...

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 (as Chrotbert, 660-695), son of Charibert de Haspengau and his wife Wulfgurd. Robert and his brothers Erlebert (Thérouanne Nob ...

Life

Originally from

Thérouanne Thérouanne (; ; Dutch ''Terwaan'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France west of Aire-sur-la-Lys and south of Saint-Omer, on the river Lys. Population History At the time of the Gauls, ''T ...

, Angadrisma, belonged to the family of the Counts of Boulogne (Pas-de-Calais). A cousin to Lambert, Bishop of Lyon, she was educated at

by Lambert and

Saint Audomare Audomar (died 670), better known as Omer, was a bishop of Thérouanne, after whom nearby Saint-Omer in northern France was named. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Biography Audomar was born of a distin ...

(Omer)."Ste Angadrême, vierge; Patronne principale de Beauvais", Le diocèse de Beauvais, Noyon et Senlis
Although she wished to become a

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, she was promised in an

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Saint Ansbert of Chaussy Ansbert (died c. 695), sometimes called Ansbert of Chaussy, was a Frankish monk, abbot and bishop of Rouen, today regarded as a saint in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. Early life Ansbert was born at Chaussy-sur-Epte, a village i ...

. Tradition states that Angadrisma, wishing for a way out, prayed fervently and was stricken with

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. 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), venerated as Saint Audoin, was a Frankish bishop, courtier, hagiographer and saint. He authored ''Vita Sancti Eligii'' which outlines the life and deeds of Eligius, his close friend and companion in the ro ...

archbishop of Rouen The Archdiocese of Rouen (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Rothomagensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Rouen'') is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. As one of the fifteen Archbishops of France, the Archbishop of Rouen's ecclesi ...

. Around 660, her father built her a

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monastery in Oroër-des-Vierges, near

Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; ) is a town and Communes of France, commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise Departments of France, département, in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, north of Paris. The Communes of France, commune o ...

, where she became abbess. She died on 14 October c.695, over 80 years old. Angadrisma is portrayed in art with her face pitted by leprous skin. She is venerated as the patron of the diocese of Beauvais.

References

External links

Saint of the Day, October 14: Angadrisma
website of Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Washington, DC
Saint Angadrisma of Beauvais
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