Venerable
Theodechild of Jouarre
Abbess of Jouarre
The first Abbess of Jouarre in Gaul, reposed around 660.
- Feast
- June 28old style July 11
- Reposed
- 6607th century
- Place
- Jouarre
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Theodechild of Jouarre (also called Theodichildis, Theodehilda or Telchildis) was a nun at Faremoutiers Abbey in France and became the first abbess of Jouarre. She reposed around 660. The sources preserve no further details of her life.
She is commemorated on 28 June among the saints of the West before the Great Schism (a saint of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.
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