05 works, Today, December 15th, is Saint Adalbert I of Ostrevent's, day, his story, illustrated #348

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Adalbert I of Ostrevent meets Rictrude de Marchiennes

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 Illuminated Manuscript

Adalbert I of Ostrevent (died c. 652) was a 7th-century Frankish nobleman of the court of King Clovis II of France.

 H. Cailleau

Sainte-Rictrude de Marchiennes , c. 1569-1570

Antiphonary for the use of the Abbey of Sainte-Rictrude de Marchiennes

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Hubert Cailleau (c. 1526–1590), was a French historical and miniature painter and stage designer, who flourished at Valenciennes. There are some clever designs made by him, that now reside in the National Library at Paris, which were done for a mystery of the Passion acted at Valenciennes in 1547. He is famous for the illustrations of these sets, especially the frontispiece to The Passion and Resurrection of the Savior (1577), which are the most detailed surviving examples of such staging. More on Hubert Cailleau

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Sainte-Rictrude Abbey

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Adalbald was a leading noble and claimed lordship of Douai. He was a disciple of Amand of Maastricht. In 630, Adalbald founded Marchiennes Abbey. During a military expedition in Gascony, he met and married Rictrude of Marchiennes, daughter of Ernoldo, lord of Toulouse, despite the opposition of both families. Although her parents approved, others opposed a marriage to a Frank. The marriage was said to be happy. They had four children:  St. Maurontius, St. Clotsindis, St. Eusebia and St. Adalsindis.

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St. Clotsindis, daughter of SS. Adalbald of Ostrevant and and Richrudis of Marchiennes

St. Clotsindis received monastic tonsure at the abbey founded by her mother

 Orthodox Saints of the Pre-Schism See of Rome, 30th June

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The couple opened their castle to the poor and disadvantaged. The hermit-monk Richarius was a family friend. Adalbald's wife made Marchiennes Abbey a double monastery in 643.

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St. Adalbald of Ostrevant

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Adalbard was assassinated in obscure circumstances around 652, near Périgueux during a subsequent expedition to Aquitaine, probably by his wife's relatives still bitter about the marriage to an enemy of her people. His body was returned to Flanders and buried at Saint-Amand Abbey where he was venerated as a martyr. His name, however, is not currently mentioned in the liturgical calendars of Cambrai and Lille.

After the death of Adalbald, his brother Archenald rebuilt the castle of Douai and founded the church of Our Lady, now dedicated to Saint Amatus. More on Saint Adalbert

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