Relindis of Maaseik
Saint Relindis (or Renule) (died 750), sister of Saint Herlindis, was the daughter of count Adelard. The sisters were brought up at the Benedictine monastery in Valenciennes.[1] Adelard and his wife later built a monastery at Maaseik for their daughters.[2] The Abbey of Aldeneik was consecrated in 728.
Willibrord consecrated Harlindis as the first abbess, After her death, Relindis was named to succeed her by Saint Boniface.[3]
Relindus was gifted in embroidery and painting.[4] The purported 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.
Veneration
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Veneration of Saints Harlindis and Relindis became widespread throughout the diocese of Liège.[1] Her feast day is 6 February. An Ommegang is held every twenty-five years to commemorate the transfer of their relics from Sint-Anna Church in Aldeneik to Sint-Catharinakerk in Maaseik. The most recent was held in 2022.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Harlindis and Relindis, two intellectual pioneers in the Maasland region", Saint Catherine's Church Treasures, Maaseik
- ^ Vanderputten, Steven (15 May 2018). Dark Age Nunneries: The Ambiguous Identity of Female Monasticism, 800–1050. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-1597-6.
- ^ Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, etc (in French). Michaud. 1840.
- ^ Latin Saints of the Patriarchate of Rome
- ^ "St. Harlindis and Relindis Chapel", Toerisme-Maaseik
- ^ "Harlindis Relindis 2022', Toerisme-Maaseik
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