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Saint

Austregildis

Saint of Mons, venerated in the Western Church.

Era
7th century
Place
Mons

Life

Saint Austregildis (also called Agia, Aiga, Aya or Aye) was the mother of Saint Lupus of Sens. She was born at Orléans, of a noble family, and died around 670 at Mons, in Belgium. She was the sister of the holy bishop Aunarius of Auxerre and of Bishop Austrenus of Orléans.

After the death of her husband Betton she became a nun. She is venerated as a saint in the Western Church and remembered on 1 September or 9 October. She is often confused with the later Saint Aya of Mons, and should not be confused with Queen Austregildis, third wife of King Guntram I.