ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 8th of July WELCOME! SAINT LANDRADA, ABBESS OF BILSEN Landrada and Amalia (Amalberga) Saint Landrada (July 8), virgin and abbess of Bilsen ( Belisia, Belsena ) in the region of Liège, was born around the year 620. She descended from the noble family of the Frankish stewards of the palace ( Majores domus ); according to some, she was even the granddaughter ( neptis ) of Pepin of Landen , and the daughter of Saint Begga [Bega] and Ansegesil [Auslgisus], thus a sister of Pepin of Heristall, a claim which the Bollandist * Pinius (p. 620, nos. 4, 5 ) disputes. From her early youth, she strove for virginal chastity, for which she steadfastly and eloquently refused the marriage desired by her illustrious parents. She enclosed herself in the confines of a cell, where she led a very austere life. Even during a spell of a severe feverish illness Landrada spurned a soft bed. Moreover, she shone ...