Saints

Married woman. Patron of Mons in Belgium. Waudru (also known as Saint Waltrude) came from from a very remarkable seventh century family. Her parents Walbert and Bertilia, her sister Aldegunde, her husband Madelgaire, and their four children, Aldetrude, Denteilin, Landric and Madelberte, are also all venerated as saints. After her husband, the Count of Hanault, became a monk, St Waudru became a nu... Read More

Nun and foundress. Julie Billiart was born in Cuvilly, France in 1751. The fifth of seven children, she attended a little one room school. She enjoyed all subjects, but was particularly attracted to the religion lessons taught by the parish priest. Recognizing something 'special' in her, the priest secretly allowed her to make her First Communion at the age of nine, when the normal age at the tim... Read More

Monks and martyrs of Chertsey in Surrey - now on the outskirts of London. They died when their monastery was ransacked by invading Danes in 870. Many other members of the community are said to have perished with them. Their memory has been kept alive in several chronicles, including that of William of Malmesbury. Richard Stanton wrote in his Menology in 1887: 'At Chertsey in Surrey, the commemo... Read More