Hiltrude of Liessies
saint
Hiltrude of Liessies (died late 700s) was a French Catholic nun and saint. She is commemorated on September 27.
Life
Hiltrude was the daughter of Ada, a Frankish noblewoman, and Wibert, Count of Poitiers, who owned lands between the Sambre and Meuse rivers. He founded Liessies Abbey. Hilrude's brother, Guntrad, was the first abbot.
She wished to retire and live the life of a nun, but her parents wanted her to marry a Burgundian lord. She took the veil, with the blessing of the bishop of Cambrai. The suitor married her sister.
Her brother provided her with a cell attached to the abbey chapel. There she lived as a nun, participating in the liturgical life of the abbey.
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