Rachilidis

Saint Rachilidis
Died 946
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast 23 November
Attributes Benedictine nun

Rachilidis was a Benedictine hermitess, who lived some time in the 10th century, in what today is modern Switzerland. Rachilidis spent most of her religious life in the confinement of her cell[1] located close to the monastery of St. Gall, Switzerland, near the cell of Saint Wiborada. She is believed to have died around the year 946.

Notes

  1. St. Rachilidis Catholic Online


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