Généalogie and Heritage
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| Type | Valeur |
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| Titre | CatholicSaints.Info: Saint Begga of Andenne |
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 BEGGA von Herstal |
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| Memorial 17 December Profile Born to the nobility, the daughter of Saint Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace, and Saint Ida of Nivelles. Sister of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles. Married to Ansegilius, son of Saint Arnulf of Metz. Mother of Pepin of Herstal, founder of the Carolingian dynasty of rulers in France, in 635, and of Martin of Laon. On the death of her husband in 691 in a hunting accident, Begga took the veil, founded founded seven churches, and built a convent at Andenne on the Meuse River in France where she spent the rest of her days as abbess. Died 693 at Andenne on the Meuse River in France Canonized Pre-Congregation Additional Information "Book of Saints, "by the Monks of Ramsgate "Lives of the Saints," by Father Alban Butler books "Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints" Other sites in English Catholic Online Wikipedia images Wikimedia Commons sitios en español Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición fonti in italiano Cathopedia Santi e Beati, by Henry Platelle websites in nederlandse Heiligen 3s nettsteder i norsk Den katolske kirke MLA Citation “Saint Begga of Andenne“. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 February 2019. Web. 6 October 2019. |