ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 13th of August WELCOME! SAINT RADEGUND, QUEEN AND ABBESS One of the saints remembered by the Church [on] August 13 is Saint Radegund. She was born in 518 in France amid the turmoil and violence of that time. SHE WAS KIDNAPPED AT THE AGE OF TWELVE St Radegund was kidnapped at the age of twelve and was forced to marry the wild and abusive King Clothaire. As Queen she lived a life of prayer and Christian service while trying to support her husband. He mocked St Radegund for her spiritual life of prayer and often mistreated her. THE MONASTERY OF THE HOLY CROSS St Radegund asked to be released from the King’s court and grudgingly he allowed her to withdraw to Poitiers, where she joined a convent. Eventually, St Radegund founded the monastery of the Holy Cross, the first in Europe for both men and women, and her friend Agnes became its abbess. HER FOLLOWERS WERE REQUIRED TO STUDY EVERY DAY St Radegund valued learning and he...