Saint Clotilde of Burgundy

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Saint Clotilde of Burgundy

Birth
Lyon, Departement du Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France
Death
3 Jun 545 (aged 70–71)
Tours, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
Burial
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
Plot
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Clotilde was born at the Burgundian court of Lyon the daughter of King Chilperic II of Burgundy.
Venerated as a Saint by the Catholic Church, she converted her husband King Clovis I of the Franks to Christianity and, in her later years, was known for her almsgiving and penitential works of mercy.
Clotilde died in 544 or 545 at Tours
Clotilde was born at the Burgundian court of Lyon the daughter of King Chilperic II of Burgundy.
Venerated as a Saint by the Catholic Church, she converted her husband King Clovis I of the Franks to Christianity and, in her later years, was known for her almsgiving and penitential works of mercy.
Clotilde died in 544 or 545 at Tours