Relindis of Maaseik

Saint Relindis (or Renule) (died 750), sister of Saint Herlindis, was the daughter of count Adelard who built a Benedictine monastery at Maaseik for his daughters.^[1] Herlindis was abbess of the abbey until her death, after which Relindis was named to succeed her by Saint Boniface.^[2]

Relindus was gifted in embroidery and painting.^[3] The vestments of Sts. Harlindis and Relindis, now in Maaseik, Belgium are the earliest surviving examples of Anglo-Saxon embroidery. Traditionally attributed as the work of Sts. Harlindis and Relindis themselves, the works are not that old and are of Anglo-Saxon English origin, dated to the second half of the ninth century.

Her feast day is 6 February.

References edit

^ Vanderputten, Steven (15 May 2018). Dark Age Nunneries: The Ambiguous Identity of Female Monasticism, 800–1050. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-1597-6.
^ Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, etc (in French). Michaud. 1840.
^ Latin Saints of the Patriarchate of Rome

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[1] Vanderputten, Steven (15 May 2018). Dark Age Nunneries: The Ambiguous Identity of Female Monasticism, 800–1050. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-1597-6.

[2] Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, etc (in French). Michaud. 1840.

[3] Latin Saints of the Patriarchate of Rome

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