ST CLOTSINDE, ABBESS - 30 JUNE

 

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SAINT CLOTSINDE, ABBESS

Monastery yard in the snow

Saint Clotsinde (Clotsenda, Clotscudis), commemorated on June 30, a virgin and abbess of Marchiennes (Marchianum) in Flanders, was the daughter of Saint Rictrudis (May 12), who was also abbess there, and whom she succeeded in this office in 688. She died around 703 and was buried in Marchiennes. 

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 641)

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PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Clotsinde 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