Balda of Jouarre

Saint

Balda of Jouarre
Saint; Balda of Jouarre
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Major shrine	Jouarre Abbey
Feast	December 9

Balda of Jouarre was the third abbess at Jouarre Abbey in north-central France.[1] She was a nun at Jourarre for many years, under her nieces Theodichildis and Agilberta, who were abbesses before her.[2] Her nephew, Agilbert, was bishop of Paris. She might have been related to Sadalberga.[1]

Jouarre Abbey church

She succeeded Agilberta in about 680, and "died at a great age in the odour of sanctity".[2] She is buried in the crypt at Jouarre in one of three well-preserved sarcophagi.[3] Her feast day is December 9.[2]

References

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.
Dunbar, Agnes B.C. (1901). A Dictionary of Saintly Women. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 98.
Bernheimer, Richard (1938). "A Sasanian Monument in Merovingian France". Ars Islamica. 5 (2): 221–232. ISSN 1939-6406.

External links

Benedictine Abbey Notre Dame de Jouarre (in French)

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[saintedwomen-1] 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.

[dunbar-2] Dunbar, Agnes B.C. (1901). A Dictionary of Saintly Women. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 98.

[3] Bernheimer, Richard (1938). "A Sasanian Monument in Merovingian France". Ars Islamica. 5 (2): 221–232. ISSN 1939-6406.