burst forth in salutations for these pious few of note
grace, humility, compassion stirred their hearts and
souls; some were royal born, some were royal wed,
a full life they all lived then to the nunnery they fled
sainted, miracles post-death, their legacies are legend
~kat
For Jane Dougherty’s Daily Stanza Challenge.
In my ancestry searches, I’ve come across several saints in my family tree. These are the women saints that I have discovered so far. It was not uncommon for women of royalty to take an interest in charitable work and building abbeys throughout Europe. Once their children were grown and their husbands gone (for they often outlived them) these ladies would “get thee to a nunnery”…or as the records show, they would retire to the abbeys they had built. Sainthood was always bestowed upon them posthumously, as witnesses began to report miracles associated with them. Above are the pictures of my great-greats who left such a legacy.
St Helena (b249-d330) 57th Great
St Dode Clothilde (b490-d540) 48th Great
St Itta (b592-d693) 45th Great
St Marie (b605-d677) 45th Great
St Begga (b613-d692) 44th Great
St Irmina (b650-d706) 44th Great
St Elgiva (b922-d944) 36th Great
St Margaret Atheling (b1045-d1093) 35th Great
like mercury colliding... 
August 16th, 2018 at 2:49 am
Kat what amazing heritage you have and how interestingly you portray it. 💜
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August 16th, 2018 at 5:02 am
NICE ONE KAT, CHINA
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August 16th, 2018 at 12:11 pm
Thanks China. 😊
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August 16th, 2018 at 5:48 am
You’ll be telling us you’re a great-grandniece of Jesus of Nazareth next!
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August 16th, 2018 at 6:24 am
Haha…nope. But it does seem interesting to me that most of these saints built their own monasteries…a bit if pay to play with the vatican or so it seemed.
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August 16th, 2018 at 6:36 am
It was buying a stairway to heaven, I imagine. The count gets the kudos for stumping up the cash, he puts his sister or his daughter in it to run the place so it stays in the family, and the whole bang shoot of them get their tickets for paradise.
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August 16th, 2018 at 9:06 am
Yep. Things haven’t changed much, have they! 😀
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August 16th, 2018 at 10:16 am
I don’t expect they ever will.
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August 17th, 2018 at 2:27 pm
Another Fantabulous tribute to, of Family! 😎🥀
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August 17th, 2018 at 4:54 pm
Thank you Dorna. We are all the sum of our past. 😉
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