Clotilde

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Clotilde (c. 474 – 3 June 545 in Burgundy, France) (also known as Clotilda (Fr.), Chlothilde (Ger.) Chlothieldis, Chlotichilda, Clodechildis, Croctild, Crote-hild, Hlotild, Rhotild, and many other forms) is a Roman Catholic saint. As the consort of the Merovingian king Clovis I, the first king of the Franks, she was a Queen of the Franks. She convinced Clovis to convert to Christianity; the Franks, due to her influence, remained Catholics for centuries. Clotilde is the patron saint of the lame in Normandy and that of Les Andelys, and she has been "invoked against sudden death and iniquitous husbands." Her feast day is June 3. Since the 6th century, according to hagiographer David Hugh Farmer, the marriage of Clovis and Clotilde has been "the theme of epic narratives, in which the original facts were materially altered". Belgian historian Godefroid Kurth writes that Clotilde's story fascinated later generations because it was "the centerpiece of a struggle between the old Catholic, Roman...

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