Amalberga of Temse

Venerable Amalberga of Temse lived in the eighth century in the territory of present-⁠day Belgium and was a virgin consecrated to God. She was brought up under the care of Saint Landrada, foundress of Munsterbilzen Abbey, and became a nun there; it is not certain whether she went on to lead the community of nuns. According to tradition, she refused a proposal of marriage from the Emperor Charlemagne.

She reposed in the year 772 at Bilzen, and her relics were later moved to the monastery of Saint Peter in Ghent. She is venerated at Temse and elsewhere in Flanders as a saint of the undivided Church, without formal canonization, and is commemorated on 10 July (new style, Western calendar). She is not to be confused with Saint Amelberga of Maubeuge, who died around 690 and is remembered on the same day.