ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 4th of July WELCOME! ST BERTHA, ABBESS (Saint Bertha [Berta], Widow, Abbess of Blangy in Artois.) She was daughter of count Rigobert and Ursana, related to one of the kings of Kent in England. In the twentieth year of her age she was married to Sigefroi, by whom she had five daughters, two of whom, Gertrude and Deotila were saints. SHE TOOK THE VEIL After her husband’s death, she put on the veil in the nunnery which she had built at Blangy in Artois, a little distance from Hesdin. Her daughters Gertrude and Deotila followed her example. She was persecuted by Roger or Rotgar, who endeavoured to asperse her with king Thierri III to revenge his being refused Gertrude in marriage. But this prince, convinced of the innocence of Bertha, then abbess over her nunnery, gave her a kind reception, and took her under his protection. THREE CHURCHES On her return to Blangy, Bertha finished her nunnery, and ca...