Saint
Rothild
A saint honored in the West.
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- Era
- 10th century
Life
Rothild was a Benedictine nun and the first abbess of the abbey of Bouxières, at Bouxières-aux-Dames. She came from a high-born family, probably the Bosonids, and a charter of Emperor Otto the Great from 965 confirms her noble rank. The abbey was founded by Bishop Gauzelin of Toul around 937, and he installed Rothild as its head.
She is named as abbess in charters between 937 and 966. The sources consulted do not say that she was canonized.