ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 28th of November WELCOME! ST BERTHA OF BINGEN, WIDOW Saint Bertha (Berta), born in the 8th century, was a pious Christian woman. Married to a pagan named Roboldus (Robolaus), she descended from the family of the Dukes of Lorraine and received numerous properties on the Rhine and the Nahe (especially in and around Bingen in Rhineland-Palatinate) as her dowry. When Rupert , her son, was only three years old, his father died in a war against the Christians. Bertha then moved to a place on the Nahe River, built a church there and, despite the many marriage proposals made to her because of her advantages and wealth, she decided to remain a widow for God's sake. After Rupert had returned from a pilgrimage to Rome, which he undertook as a teenager, he settled on the Rupertsberg (Mount St Rupert); his mother moved into the area as well. Their life story has been told by St Hildegard of Bingen...