Adalsinda and Eusebia

Adalsinda or Adalsindis of Hamay and Eusebia of Douai, were 7th-century Columban nuns, who were sisters from a prominent Merovingian family; Eusebia became an Abbess. They are venerated as saints in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.[1] Their parents were Richtrudis, a Gascoigne-Basque heiress, and Adalbard I of Ostrevent, a Frankish duke of Douai. Both mother and father are also recognised as saints,[2] as are another sister, Clotsinda, and a brother, Maurontius. They are especially venerated in Northern France and Flanders.[3][4]

Eusebia's commemoration is on 16 March; Adalsinda's feast day is 25 December, around the date of her death, by tradition "during the solemnities of Christmas".[5]

  1. ^ See Dr John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall's Orthodox Saints of the Pre-Schism See of Rome:
    • "16th March – Eusebia", Orthodox Saints of the Pre-Schism See of Rome, 2014, Eastern Orthodox Christian theologian, historian, philosopher, and cultural commentator
    • "25th December – Adalsindis", Orthodox Saints of the Pre-Schism See of Rome, 2012
  2. ^ Smet, Charles de (1907). "Rictrude (Sainte)". In Académie Royale de Belgique (ed.). Biographie nationale de Belgique (in French). Vol. 19. Brussels: H. Thiry-Van Buggenhoudt. pp. 306–311. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ Litany from Douai 14th century Archived 28 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Maurontius of Douai, OSB (AC) (also known as Maurantius, Mauron, Mauront)", Saint of the Day: May 5, St. Patrick Catholic Church, archived from the original on 8 April 2011, retrieved 16 July 2014
  5. ^ Ram, Pierre François Xavier de (1866). "ADALSINDE, Bienheureuse". In Académie Royale de Belgique (ed.). Biographie nationale de Belgique (in French). Vol. 1. Brussels: H. Thiry-Van Buggenhoudt. Retrieved 13 January 2023 – via Wikisource.