Agilberta

Saint Agilberta
Died	680 France
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Antiochian Orthodox Church
Canonized	Pre-congregation
Feast	August 10
Tradition or genre	Benedictine

Jouarre Abbey church

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]

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

1. "Saint Agilberta of Jouarre". Catholic Saints Info.org. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
2. "St. Agilberta". Catholic Online. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
3. "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.

External links

• Benedictine Abbey Notre Dame de Jouarre (in French)