Relindis of Maaseik explained

Saint Relindis (or Renule) (died 750), sister of Saint Herlindis, was the daughter of count Adelard who built a Benedictine monastery at Maaseik for his daughters.[1] Herlindis was abbess of the abbey until her death, after which Relindis was named to succeed her by Saint Boniface.[2]

Relindus was gifted in embroidery and painting.[3] The vestments of Sts. Harlindis and Relindis, now in Maaseik, Belgium are the earliest surviving examples of Anglo-Saxon embroidery. Traditionally attributed as the work of Sts. Harlindis and Relindis themselves, the works are not that old and are of Anglo-Saxon English origin, dated to the second half of the ninth century.

Her feast day is 6 February.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Vanderputten, Steven . Dark Age Nunneries: The Ambiguous Identity of Female Monasticism, 800–1050 . 2018-05-15 . Cornell University Press . 978-1-5017-1597-6 . en.
  2. Book: Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, etc . 1840 . Michaud . fr.
  3. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm Latin Saints of the Patriarchate of Rome