Right-Believing
Ruothild
A pious believer honored in the West, who reposed in 852.
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- Reposed
- 8529th century
Life
Ruothild (died 24 March 852) was a Carolingian princess and abbess of Faremoutiers, a daughter of Charlemagne and his concubine Madelgard. She was probably born after the year 800. A later legend says her father gave her a gilt silver reliquary with a piece of the True Cross. As abbess she oversaw the transfer of the relics of Burgundofara, the founder of the abbey, to a new shrine. Emperor Louis the Pious granted the convent at Gy-les-Nonains to Faremoutiers. The year of her death is known from a contemporary note in the margin of a manuscript. The sources show no canonization or veneration.