Saint Radegund | |
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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").
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