St. Monegundis

Monegundis (d. 570AD) was a native of Chartres, France. She married and bore her husband two daughters. When her daughters died in childhood, she decided to become an anchoressafter a long depression, and after receiving permission from her husband. She founded a hermitage, at Chartres, but later moved to a site near the tomb of Saint Martinat Tours. There, she was joined by other women, and Monegundis devised a monastic rulethat accompanied the founding of the convent of St. Pierre-le-Puellier in Tours.

After her death in 570, many miracles were attributed to intercessions at her tomb. Her feast dayis July 2.