Sigolena of Albi
Saint Sigolena of Albi | |
|---|---|
| Abbess of Troclar, Deaconess | |
| Died | c. 7th or 8th century France |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Albi Cathedral |
| Feast | 24 July |
| Attributes | Crosier |
| Patronage | Albi, France |
Saint Sigolena of Albi (fl. 7th. c.) was an Albigensian[1] deaconess[2] and saint from Albi, France.
Sigolena was born into a noble family of Aquitaine.[3]
Upon wedding during adolescence, she desired a chaste marriage and offered her husband all of her possessions to "gain the freedom of her body". When she was 24, he died unexpectedly and she had difficulties convincing her parents she did not want to marry again. Eventually, she was able to persuade her father to build her a convent.[2]
Her church in Metz was situated near that of Saint Ferreolus of Besançon.[4] Sigolena's biography was written by an anonymous author.[5]
Veneration[edit]
The relics of St Sigolena are in Albi Cathedral.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sainte Sigolène".
- ^ a b Wemple, Suzanne Fonay (1985). Women in Frankish Society: Marriage and the Cloister, 500 to 900 (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 142, 151. ISBN 978-0-8122-1209-9.
- ^ a b Dunbar, Agnes Baillie Cunninghame (1905). "St. Sigolena". A Dictionary of Saintly Women, Volume 2. Bell. p. 224.
Sigolena of Albi.
- ^ Claussen, M.A. (2004). The Reform of the Frankish Church: Chrodegang of Metz and the Regula Canonicorum in the Eighth Century. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-521-83931-0.
- ^ York, Laura (2002). "Sigolena of Albi (fl. 7th c.)". In Commire, Anne (ed.). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Waterford, Connecticut: Yorkin Publications. ISBN 0-7876-4074-3.
- ^ "Fiesta Santa Sigolena de Albi 24 de Julio". El Rincón de Edy. July 24, 2020.
Further reading[edit]
- Klapisch-Zuber, Christiane, ed. A History of Women in the West, vol. II: Silences of the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Belknap-Harvard, 1992.