St. Aldegunais
Patron of Cancer, Wounds
639 - 684
Virgin and abess, also known as Adelgundis, Aldegonde, or Orgonne. She was a member of the royal family of the Merovingians and was raised by two saints: St. Walbert and St. Bertila, her parents. The family resided in the Hainault region of Flanders, a region of the Low Countries. Aldegundis reflused offers of marriage from other nobles and received the veil from St. Amandius, the bishop of Maastricht. She followed this ceremony of acceptance into the religious life with the foundation of a convent near the Sambre River, at a desert site called Malbode. Her sister, St. Waldetrudis, had founded a convent at Mons. Aldegundis' foundation became Mauberge, a noted Benedictine monastery, later taken over by canonesses. Aldegundis is reported to have died of cancer at the age of fifty-four.
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Dear Saint,
Please pray for me to become a staunch believer in Christ. Help me to overcome the temptations of the evil one and prepare myself for a perfect sacrifice for our Beloved God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
St. Aldegunais, please continue to pray for me
St. Aldegunais, pray for us, heal Tochukwu Desmond Obiakor my 6yr old friend who is dieing of leukemia, grant him total healing,Amen.
St.Aldegunais please pray for me and my family
God Bless us all
Amen
January 30, 2013
Dear God,
Weak as we are, Your saints make us strong to endure forever for the love of You. Thank you for giving me another year of my life. With Your angels, saints and martyrs, may Your will be done on earth as in heaven and may I join Your Infinite Goodness through Christ, Our Lord, in union with the Power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Thank You, God, for Your saints made peoples' lives happy, strong and holy. Praise to You, forever!
30th jan 2013:st aldegunais pray for us!
saint. Aldegunais please pray for me because am in a very difficult situation and protect me from the evil ones in Jesus name Amen.
St. Aldegunais, please pray for my four children's purity, i.e. physically and mentally. Thank you.
Hello everyone...how do you remember all the saints and their fest days? Thanks.
Her feast day is on my birthday too!!! :)
Not sure if this is where I could ask but, is there anyway I could receive the Saint of the Day earlier in the day? I use to get these at 4a.m., but now I dont get them til about 3p.m. I home school my kids and we talk about the saint of the day but can't do it when they come so late in the day. I even un subscribed waited 1 day & re subscribed to se if that would help. Thank you.
God bless, Ruth p.s. I've tried looking where to "contact us" but doesn't allows emails/questions in it
Dear St. Aldegundis, Please pray for me to be fully dependent upon God in all that I do. Thank You.
St. Aldegunais, sweet saint heal all our physical and spiritual wounds today, through God's mercy. Keep us comfortable, comforted and peaceful. Amen.
I am Just an beliver in Chriat an have been been for half a centuary, I think that the reson that there wer so many Saints in one family is just that they belived in Christ being the only beggon Son of God, and with that belive that their souls will be saved, don't you think? maybe that is why Satan is so commited in Destorying the Family and remaking the Family the way is wants.. Any way to hurt God, but in the End God will win.
Dear St. Aldegundis,
Pray for me to be firm and committed in serving God!
I really look forward to this site. But I must wonder...how is it that so many saints come from families with another saint, or, even, an entire family of saints? Am I a saint because I associate with a saint, an honest-to-God true saint? I don't enjoy being sarcastic with your editors, but, I read oftentimes short bios of saints that sound truthful, and they have even questioned the validity of why certains saints ARE saints. Please comment on this. How can this be? Respectfully, Michael
Texas
how is it possible that there were four saints in one family? something is missing from this story. i guess i can look it up on wikipedia.
Wow it's amazing that her parents and her sister are saints. Reading this article I like her. Also her feast day is my birthday!! Awesome.
I like this saint very much.
it does not say why she became a saint and the info is too short