Sadalberga

Saint

Salaberga
Abbaye Saint Jean, Laon
Abbess and foundress
Bornc. 605
possibly Toul, France
Diedc. 670
Laon, France
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
FeastSeptember 22

Sadalberga (or Salaberga) (c. 605[1] – c. 670) was the daughter of Gundoin, Duke of Alsace and his wife Saretrude. Sadalberga founded the Abbey of St John at Laon. She is the subject of a short hagiography, the Vita Sadalbergae.

  1. ^ J. A. McNamara, J. E. Halborg, E. G. Whatley, eds. Sainted women of the Dark Ages (Duke University Press, 1992), p. 176.