SAINT BERTILLA: First Abbess of Chelles monastery, restored with Queen Saint Bathildis, near Paris: ‘GREAT NUMBERS flocked to the abbey during Bertilla’s half century of rule,’ circa 700 « CCC BLOG

SAINT BERTILLA: First Abbess of Chelles monastery, restored with Queen Saint Bathildis, near Paris: ‘GREAT NUMBERS flocked to the abbey during Bertilla’s half century of rule,’ circa 700

November 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment

A NUN OF JOUARE

St. Bertilla, nun of Jouare, and then first abbess of Chelles, near Paris, when that monastery was restored by queen St. Bathildis.

Great numbers flocked to the abbey during Bertilla’s rule, including many Anglo-Saxon girls and two former queens.

LIVES OF THE SAINTS

Father Augustine Kalberer, OSB

November 5: St. Bertilla of Jouare

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