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Clotilde (c. 474 – 3 June 545 in Burgundy, France) [1] [2] (also known as Clotilda (Fr.), Chlothilde (Ger.) [1] Chlothieldis, Chlotichilda, Clodechildis, Croctild, Crote-hild, Hlotild, Rhotild, and many other forms), [2] is a saint and was a Queen of the Franks.
Clotilde St. Clotilde (c. 474- 545) and her husband King Clovis (c. 466-511) founded the Merovingian dynasty, which ruled the Franks for over 200 years. They were married in 492 or 493, and she converted him to Christianity in 496. When Clovis died, Clotilde retired to Tours. Her sons' quarrels ...
Saint Clotilda (died June 3, 548, Tours, France; feast day June 3) was the queen consort of Clovis I, king of the Franks, in whose momentous conversion to Christianity she played a notable part.
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Known for: convincing her husband, Clovis I of the Franks, to convert to Roman Catholic Christianity rather than Arian Christianity, thus ensuring the French alliance with Rome and making Clovis I the first Catholic king of Gaul Occupation: queen consort Dates: about 470 - June 3, 545 Also known as:Clotilda, Clotildis, Chlothildis
The main source we have for the life of Clotilde is Gregory of Tours, writing in the last half of the sixth century. King Gondioc of Burgundy died in 473, and his three sons divided Burgundy. Chilperic II, father of Clotilde, ruled at Lyon, Gundobad at Vienne and Godegesil at Geneva. In 493, Gundobad killed Chilperic, and Chilperic's daughter, Clot...
Clotilde had been raised in the Roman Catholic tradition. Clovis was still a pagan, and planned to remain one, though Clotilde tried to persuade him to convert to her version of Christianity. Most of the Christians that were around his court were Arian Christians. Clotilde had their first child secretly baptized, and when that child, Ingomer, died ...
On the death of Clovis in 511, their three sons and a fourth, Theuderic, Clovis' by a previous wife, inherited parts of the kingdom. Clotilde retired to the Abbey of St. Martin at Tours, though she did not withdraw from all involvement in public life. In 523, Clotilde convinced her sons to go to war against her cousin, Sigismund, son of Gundobad wh...
Clotilde died about 544 and was buried next to her husband. Her role in her husband's conversion, and also her many religious works, led to her being canonized locally as a saint. Her feast day is June 3. She is often depicted with a battle in the background, representing the battle her husband won which led to his conversion. Unlike those of many ...
Father: Chilperic II of BurgundyPaternal uncles: Godegisel, Godomar, GundobadPaternal grandfather: Gondioc or Gundioch, King of Burgundy, who fought against Attila the Hun in Francehusband: Clovis I of the Salian Franks (about 466 - 511) - also known as Chlodowech, Chlodovechus or Chlodwig
- Jone Johnson Lewis
Queen Clotilde was venerated as a saint in around 550AD by the Roman Catholic Church as well as by the Eastern Orthodox Church for the role she played in her husband’s famous conversion to Christianity. She was buried next to her husband at the Abbaye Sainte-Geneviève de Paris.
CLOTILDE, ST. Frankish queen; b. Lyons or Vienne, c. 470; d. Tours, June 3, 545. She was the daughter of the Burgundian King Chilperic, and although a Catholic, was sought in marriage (492) by the pagan clovis.
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The popular queen was buried next to her husband in the Church of Saint Geneviève in Paris. Clotilda was soon canonized and has been revered for bringing Catholicism to the French people. She became one of Paris' patron saints, and as recently as 1857, a new church in that city was dedicated to her.
