Right-believing (Ruler)7th century

Saint Bathild of Chelles

Also known as Bathild · Balthild · Bathilde · Baldechildis

An Anglo-Saxon girl sold into slavery in Francia who became the wife of King Clovis II and, as queen-regent, worked to end the trading of Christian slaves and endowed the abbeys of Chelles and Corbie; she ended her days as a humble nun at Chelles.

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An Anglo-Saxon girl sold into slavery in Francia who became the wife of King Clovis II and, as queen-regent, worked to end the trading of Christian slaves and endowed the abbeys of Chelles and Corbie; she ended her days as a humble nun at Chelles.

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Sources: OrthodoxWiki; Wikipedia (Balthild)