5/19/2023 0 Comments Saint Clothilde by Blandine MaleSt Clotilde at prayer (illuminated initial)Ĭlotilde was born at the Burgundian court of Lyon, the daughter of King Chilperic II of Burgundy. She is credited with spreading Christianity within western Europe. Venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church as well as by the Eastern Orthodox Church, she played a role in her husband's famous conversion to Christianity and, in her later years, became known for her almsgiving and penitential works of mercy. The Merovingian dynasty to which her husband belonged ruled Frankish kingdoms for over 200 years (450–758). She was supposedly descended from the Gothic king Athanaric and became the second wife of the Frankish king Clovis I ( r. 481–509) in 493. (Latin: Chrodechildis, Chlodechildis from Frankish *Hrōþihildi or perhaps *Hlōdihildi, both "famous in battle"), was a Queen of All the Franks. 474–548), also known as Clothilde, Clotilda, Clotild, Rotilde etc. Wearing a crown and holding a church with a battle in the background, in memory of the Battle of Tolbiac.īrides, adopted children, parents, exiles, notaries, widows, the lameĬlotilde ( c. Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church, Lutheranism
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