Saint of the Day 30/January
Saint of the Day Feast: January 30 ✠ St.Bathilde ✠ Sainte Bathilde, Queen of France Born: 635 AD Died: 680 AD Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church Born around 626, Bathilde is the daughter of Sisoigne prince of Ascainia, lord of Saxony. She was still only a child when captured by English privateers in the service of an Anglo-Saxon king whom her father attacked. Bathilde was reduced to slavery and sold to Erchinoalde in 642. The latter was the mayor of the palace of King Clovis II. Back in Gaul, Erchinoalde puts Bathilde at the service of his wife. When the latter dies, the mayor of the palace plans to remarry Bathilde, who is of a gentle and amiable character. The young woman has no desire to become the wife of her master and goes to complain to Clovis II, then 12 years old. While listening to Bathilde's pleas, the king is seduced by her beauty and her gentleness. He therefore decides to free her and to marry her himself. The union takes pl...