Monegundis

Monegundis (also Monegund, Monegundes, Monegunda, died 570 AD) was a Frankish hermit and saint.^[1] A native of Chartres, she married and bore her husband daughters.^[2] When her daughters died in childhood, she decided to become an anchorite after a long bout with depression, and after receiving permission from her husband.

Saint Monegundis
Monegundis blessing oil and salt (18th c.)
Anchorite, Abbess
Born	Chartres, France
Died	570 AD
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	July 2

She founded a hermitage, consisting of a private room, at Chartres. She later moved to a site near the tomb of Saint Martin at Tours. She thence acquired a reputation for holiness. This attracted other women to a similar lifestyle, and Monegundis devised a monastic rule that led to the founding of the convent of Saint Pierre-le-Puellier.

Her feast day in the General Roman Calendar on July 2.^[1]