Venerable
Agilberta of Jouarre
Abbess of Jouarre
Abbess of Jouarre in Gaul, reposed around 680.
- Feast
- August 10old style August 23
- Reposed
- 6807th century
- Place
- Jouarre Abbey
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Agilberta of Jouarre (Aguilberta, Gilberta) was a nun and the second abbess of Jouarre Abbey, in the département of Seine-et-Marne in France. She was elected around 660 and reposed in 680.
She was a relative of Saints Ebrigisil and Ado, who founded Jouarre in 660, and her brother Agilbert was bishop of Paris. Her sister Balda was the third abbess of the house. She is buried in the crypt at Jouarre in one of three well-preserved sarcophagi, of particular interest to scholars because its stonework follows the Roman burial tradition. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church and the Antiochian Orthodox Church. She is commemorated on 10 August as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.
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