Honorific Prefix: | Saint |
Agilberta | |
Death Date: | 680 |
Venerated In: | Roman Catholic Church Antiochian Orthodox Church |
Death Place: | France |
Canonized Date: | Pre-congregation |
Tradition: | Benedictine |
Feast Day: | August 10 |
Agilberta (d. 680), also known as Aguilberta of Jouarre and Gilberta of Jouarre,[1] is a Benedictine French saint, venerated in both the Roman Catholic Church and Antiochian Orthodox Church.[2] [3] She was a nun and the second abbess of the Jouarre Abbey, in the département of Seine-et-Marne. Agilberta was a relative of Ebrigisil and Ado, who founded Jouarre in 660. Her brother, Agilbert, was bishop of Paris. Agilberta's sister, Balda, was Jouarre's third abbess.[4]
Agilberta's feast day is August 10th. She died in 680. She is buried in the crypt at Jouarre in one of three well-preserved sarcophagi.[5] It is of particular interest to scholars because of its stonework following the Roman burial tradition.[6]