Monegundis

Saint Monegundis
Born	Chartres, France
Died	570 AD
Honored in	Roman Catholic Church
Feast	July 2

Monegundis (Monegund, Monegundes) (died 570 AD) was a Frankish hermit and saint. A native of Chartres, she married and bore her husband daughters. When her daughters died in childhood, she decided to become an anchorite after a long depression, and after receiving permission from her husband. She founded a hermitage, consisting of a private room, at Chartres but later moved to a site near the tomb of Saint Martin at Tours. She acquired a reputation for holiness. There, she was joined by other women, and Monegundis devised a monastic rule that led to the founding of the convent of St. Pierre-le-Puellier.

Her feast day is July 2.

External links

• St. Monegundis
• Saint Monegundis

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Place of birth	Chartres, France
Date of death	570
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