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ST SALABERGA, WIDOW AND ABBESS - 22 SEPTEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September WELCOME! SAINT SALABERGA, WIDOW AND ABBESS   Salaberga's parents, Gundoinus and Saretrudis (otherwise also called Bertoldus and Bertildis), were very wealthy. She had two brothers, Lendulnus Bodo, later Bishop of Toul, and Fulcnisus Bodo. Her birthplace was Orney, diocese of Langres.  As a virgin she went blind, but around the year 617 the holy Abbot  Eustasius of Luxeuil cured her by means of prayer and consecrated oil, which he applied to  her sick eyes. Thereupon she had her eyesight restored. The miracle probably happened on the Meuse estate (Mosa), where the parents stayed.  Soon after, her parents gave her for marriage to a nobleman named Richrammus. She agreed, although she would have preferred to take the veil. Her husband died just two months after the wedding. But she had to get married a second time. So her wish to go to the monastery in Remiremont remained unfulfill...