Radegund
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Radegund (; also spelled Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund; 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in France and England and of Jesus College, Cambridge (whose full name is "The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge").
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Radegund was a female human born in Erfurt in 518 and died in Poitiers in 587. She was a member of the Merovingian dynasty and held citizenship in Francia. Her occupations included poet, monarch, writer, and nun. She served as queen regnant and was married to Chlothar I. Her father was Bertachar.
She is recognized as a Catholic saint with a feast day on August 13. Her field of work was Christian monasticism, and her religion was the Catholic Church. She had a student named Agnes of Poitiers. Radegund is buried at the église Sainte-Radegonde de Poitiers. She is described by sources including the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Her name in her native language is Radegunda or Radegonda.
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- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Radegund
- Saint.death_date
- 13 August
- Saint.feast_day
- 13 August
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
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- Sainte Radegonde.JPG
- Saint.caption
- 11th-century depiction of Radegund
- Saint.birth_place
- Thuringian tribes
- Saint.death_place
- Abbey of the Holy Cross, Poitiers, Aquitaine, Kingdom of the Franks
- Saint.attributes
- crowned; mantle with fleurs de lys
- Saint.patronage
- Jesus College, Cambridge
- Saint.major_shrine
- Church of St. Radegonde, Poitiers, Vienne, France
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Francia
- Place of birth
- Erfurt
- Place of death
- Poitiers
- Spouse
- Chlothar I
- Father
- Bertachar
- Occupation
- nun
- Position held
- queen regnant
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Family
- Merovingian dynasty
- Field of work
- Christian monasticism
- Image
- St. Radegund Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois.jpg
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- Saint Radegund
- feast day
- August 13
- date of death
- 0587-08-13
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- date of birth
- 0518-01-01
- student
- Agnes of Poitiers
- place of burial
- église Sainte-Radegonde de Poitiers
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- name in native language
- Radegunda ці Radegonda
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Radegund (; also spelled Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund; 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in France and England and of Jesus College, Cambridge (whose full name is "The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge").
== Life == thumb|Church of St. Radegonde (Poitiers) Radegund was born about 520 to Bertachar, one of the three kings of the German land Thuringia. Radegund's uncle, Hermanfrid, killed Bertachar in battle, and took Radegund into his household. After allying with the Frankish King Theuderic, Hermanfrid defeated his other brother Baderic. However, having crushed his brothers and seized control of Thuringia, Hermanfrid reneged on his agreement with Theuderic to share sovereignty.
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