SAINT HOYLDIS, VIRGIN

SAINT HOYLDIS, VIRGIN - 30 APRIL

Saints celebrated on the 30th of April

SAINT HOYLDIS, VIRGIN

A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's
Saints' books,
"Stammenbuch..." (1693)

Saint Hoyldis, sister of Saint Pusinna, who is venerated on April 23, lived at Troyes (Trecae) in France around the year 450. She is also called Oildis, Othildis, Hilda, Hildis, Holldis, French: Houlde (Hou, Houl, Houx).

For a time she was, with Saint Lutrudis, another of her sisters, under the spiritual guidance of the priest Eugenius. Bishop Alpinus of Chalons gave Hoyldis the veil. That much can be gleaned from contemporaneous sources.

According to a much later biography, she was of noble descent. Her father's name was Sigmar, her mother Leutradis (Lutrudis). In addition to those sisters already mentioned, two other siblings of hers are venerated as saints in Champagne, namely Saint Ama (Amata, Ymma) and Manehildis (Magenhildis), of whom the town of Ste-Menehould has its name.

Saint Hoyldis was buried in Perthois (pagus Perthensis), where her body remained until A.D. 1158. Under the Duke Henry of Champagne it was transferred to Troyes (Trecae, Tricassium) and buried at the local St Stephen's Church there. According to the Bollandists*, the feast of her translation is celebrated on September 16.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 773)

*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 Hoyldis 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.

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