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Clotilda, St. — (d. 544) The wife of the great Merovingian king Clovis, Clotilda is traditionally thought to have played a key role in the conversion of her husband to Catholic Christianity. She may also have influenced his foreign policy by encouraging a war … Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe
Clotilda, Saint — • Queen of the Franks, wife of King Clovis I and grandmother of St. Cloud. Devoted to St. Martin of Tours and instrumental in the conversion of the Franks, she died in 545 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Clotilda, Saint — ▪ queen of the Franks also spelled Clotilde, Chlothilde, Chlotilde, Chrodechilde, Chrodigild , or Chrotechildis died June 3, 548, Tours, France; feast day June 3 queen consort of Clovis I, king of the Franks, in whose momentous conversion … Universalium
CLOTILDA, ST. — the wife of Clovis I.; persuaded her husband to profess Christianity; retired into a monastery at Tours when he died (475 545). Festival, June 3 … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Clotilda — n. female first name … English contemporary dictionary
St. Clotilda — St. Clotilda † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Clotilda (Fr. CLOTILDE; Ger. CHLOTHILDE). Queen of the Franks, born probably at Lyons, c. 474; died at Tours, 3 June, 545. Her feast is celebrated 3 June. Clotilda was the wife of Clovis… … Catholic encyclopedia
Clovis — • King of the Salic Franks (466 511) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Clovis Clovis † … Catholic encyclopedia
Clovis I — /kloh vis/; Fr. /klaw vees / A.D. c465 511, king of the Franks 481 511. German, Chlodwig. * * * German Chlodweg born с 466 died Nov. 27, 511, Paris, Fr. Merovingian founder of the Frankish kingdom. The son of Childeric I, king of the Salian… … Universalium
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Basina, daughter of Chilperic I — Basina was the only daughter and youngest child of Chilperic I, king of Soissons (later Neustria), and his first wife, Audovera. In 580, an epidemic of dysentery swept through Gaul and afflicted her father as well as killing all his remaining… … Wikipedia
