Radegund

Saint Radegund
11th-century depiction of Radegund
Born	c. 520 Thuringian tribes
Died	13 August 587 (aged 66–67) Abbey of the Holy Cross, Poitiers, Aquitaine, Kingdom of the Franks
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Major shrine	Church of St. Radegonde, Poitiers, Vienne, France
Feast	13 August
Patronage	Jesus College, Cambridge

Radegund (Latin: Radegundis; also spelled Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund; c. 520 – 13 August 587) 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, Cambridge (whose full name is "The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge").