Agilberta (d. 680), also known as Aguilberta of Jouarre and Gilberta of Jouarre,[1] is a Benedictine French saint, venerated in both the Roman Catholic Church and Antiochian Orthodox Church.[2][3] She was a nun[1] and the second abbess of the Jouarre Abbey, in the département of Seine-et-Marne. Agilberta was a relative of Ebrigisil and Ado, who founded Jouarre in 660. Her brother, Agilbert, was bishop of Paris. Agilberta's sister, Balda, was Jouarre's third abbess.[2][4][3]

Saint

Agilberta
Died680
France
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Antiochian Orthodox Church
CanonizedPre-congregation
FeastAugust 10
Tradition or genre
Benedictine
Jouarre Abbey church

Agilberta's feast day is August 10th. She died in 680.[1][3] She is buried in the crypt at Jouarre in one of three well-preserved sarcophagi.[5] It is of particular interest to scholars because of its stonework following the Roman burial tradition.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Saint Agilberta of Jouarre". Catholic Saints Info.org. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "St. Agilberta". Catholic Online. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "St. Agilberta of Jouarre, France". Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. ^ McNamara, Jo Ann; Halborg, John E.; Whatley, E. Gordon, eds. (1992). Sainted Women of the Dark Ages. Translated by McNamara, Jo Ann. Durham, North Dakota: Duke University Press. p. 279. ISBN 9780822382362.
  5. ^ Bernheimer, Richard (1938). "A Sasanian Monument in Merovingian France". Ars Islamica. 5 (2): 221–232. ISSN 1939-6406. JSTOR 4520931.
  6. ^ Kibler, William W.; Zinn, Grover A. (2017-07-05). Routledge Revivals: Medieval France (1995): An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-66565-0.
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