Relindis of Maaseik
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Saint Relindis (or Renule) (died 750), sister of Saint Herlindis, was the daughter of count Adelard who built a Benedictine monastery at Maaseik for his daughters.[1] Herlindis was abbess of the abbey until her death, after which Relindis was named to succeed her by Saint Boniface.[2]
Relindus was gifted in embroidery and painting.[3] The vestments of Sts. Harlindis and Relindis, now in Maaseik, Belgium are the earliest surviving examples of Anglo-Saxon embroidery. Traditionally attributed as the work of Sts. Harlindis and Relindis themselves, the works are not that old and are of Anglo-Saxon English origin, dated to the second half of the ninth century.
Her feast day is 6 February.
References
[edit]- ^ Vanderputten, Steven (15 May 2018). Dark Age Nunneries: The Ambiguous Identity of Female Monasticism, 800–1050. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-1597-6.
- ^ Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, etc (in French). Michaud. 1840.
- ^ Latin Saints of the Patriarchate of Rome
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