Medardus
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Medardus or Medard was the Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum in northern France. Medardus was one of the most honored bishops of his time, ofte
Statue of Saint Medardus, Saint Médard d'Eyrans
Romanesque tympanum at church of St Medard & St Gildard, Little Bytham, UK (the dedication is unique in Britain). The circular opening may once have held a relic of the saint. The birds on either side are probably eagles; one is said to have sheltered Medardus from a rainstorm
Radegund
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Radegund was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in France and England and of Jesus College, C
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…Tornacum/Tournai lasted until 1146, when they were again separated. Tornacum was a center for evangelizing the pagan Flemings. There, Medardus accepted Radegund of Thuringia as a deaconess and nun, until she moved to her own foundation at Saix. King Clotaire, who had paid Medardus a last visit at Noviomagus, where the bishop…
Mosaic of Radegund in the Cappella Palatina in Palermo
Venantius Fortunatus reciting his poems to Radegund and her abbess, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Radegund feeding the poor, from an illuminated manuscript of Fortunatus' Vita