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ST EUSEBIA, ABBESS - 16 MARCH

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH

Saints celebrated on the 16th of March

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SAINT EUSEBIA, ABBESS

Saint Eusebia's parents were Saint Adalbald [Adalbert] and Saint Rictrudes (Richtrudis). After the death of the first, the mother went with her three daughters Clotsinde (Clotsendis), Adalsindis and Eusebia to the Marchiennes monastery in French Flanders (in the bishopric of Arras), took the veil there and became abbess. 

SHE BECAME ABBESS

For her education, she gave her daughter Eusebia to the nearby monastery of Hamai, where Adalbald's grandmother, Saint Gertrude, was abbess. After Gertrude's death in 655, the only 12-year-old Eusebia was elected abbess, presumably because her father was one of the prominent personages in the empire. 

Because Eusebia was very young for such a position of responsibility, her mother took her back to have her around herself for a while. 

SHE FAITHFULLY ADMINISTERED HER OFFICE

Eusebia, having grown a bit older, duly returned to her monastery. She took over the office of a superior, which she administered faithfully according to the rules of the order for a full 23 years. 

HER HOLY DEATH

In 680 she was called God to give an account of her administration. Her body later came to Marchiennes. God glorified his handmaid through miracles. With the Bollandists* and in Bucelin*, Eusebia is listed along with Gertrude on December 6. 

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Eusebia may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org






















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