St. Clotilde of France
Source: Catholicsaints.info
Also known as
• Chlodechildis
• Chrodechildis
• Clothilde
• Clotichilda
• Clotild
• Clotilda
• Croctild
• Crotildes
• Hlodihildi
• Hlotild
• Hroþihildi
• Rotilde
Memorial
• 3 June
Profile
• Born a princess, the daughter of King Chilperic of Burgundy. Married young to King Clovis of the Salian Franks while he was still a pagan; she brought him to the faith. Queen. Mother of three sons. Led her husband to Christianity in 496. Widow. Following Clovis‘s death in 511, her sons fought for years over the kingdom. To escape the constant murder and intrigue, she retired to Tours, France where she spent her remaining 34 years caring for the poor and sick.
Born
• 475 at Lyons, France
Died
• 545 at Tours, France of natural causes
• buried in the church of Saint Genevieve, Paris, France
Canonized
• Pre-Congregation
Patronage
• against death of children
• adopted children
• brides
• disappointing children
• exiles
• parenthood
• parents of large families
• people in exile
• queens
• widows
Representation
• with a battle in the background, in memory of the conversion of Clovis following the battle of Soissons
• woman in a crown, holding a church