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SAINT CLOTILDA (d. 544), daughter of the Burgundian king Chilperic, and wife of Clovis, king of the Franks. On the death of Gundioc, king of the Burgundians, in 473, his sons Gundobald, Godegesil, and Chilperic divided his heritage. At Lyons an epitaph has been discovered of a Burgundian queen who died in 506 and was most probably the mother of Clotilda. Clotilda was brought up in the orthodox faith. Her uncle, Gundobald, was asked for her hand in marriage by the Frankish king, Clovis, who had just conquered northern Gaul, and the marriage was celebrated about 493. On this event many romantic stories, all more of less embroidered, are to be found in the works of Gregory of Tours and the chronicler Fredegarius, and in the "Liber historiae Francorum." Clothilda did not rest until her husband had abjured paganism and embraced the othodox Christian faith (496). With him she built at Paris the church of the Holy Apostles, afterward known as Ste. Geneviève. After the death of Clovis in 511 she retired to the abbey of St. Martin at Tours. In 523 she incited her sons against her uncle Gundobald and provoked the Burgundian war. In the following years she tried in vain to protect the claims of her sons Childebert I and Clotaire I, and was equally unsuccessful in her efforts to prevent the civil discords between her children. She died in 544, and was buried at her husband's side in the church of the Holy Apostles. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 5, pg. 848, CLOTILDA, SAINT.]
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Clotilda, SAINT, also spelled CLOTILDE, CHLOTHILDE, CHLOTILDE, CHRODECHILDE, CHRODIGILD, or CHROTECHILDIS (d. June 3, c. 545, Tours, Fr.; feast day June 3), queen consort of Clovis I, king of the Franks, in whose momentous conversion to Christianity she played a notable part.
Clotilda was the granddaughter of Gundioc, king of Burgundy, who was related to the Visigothic kings and shared their Arian Christian faith. At Gundioc's death his kingdom was divided between his four sons, Gundobad, Godegesil, Chilperic, and Gundomar. Clotilda's father Chilperic and her mother were murdered by Gundobad, and Clotilda and her sister took refuge with Godegesil in Geneva. Clovis, hearing good reports of Clotilda, obtained Gundobad's permission for their marriage in 493. She bore him four sons, Ingomer and the future kings Clodomir, Childebert I, and Chlotar I.
Clotilda was tireless in urging her husband to renounce his idols and acknowledge the true God; his final decision (498?) was made to honour a vow taken during a battle against the Alemanni. After Clovis' death (511), she retired to Tours and became famous for her sanctity of life, generosity to the church, and charity work. She was buried beside Clovis in the church, now Sainte-Geneviève, that they had cofounded in Paris[blended.FTW]
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Clotilda was the younger daughter of King Chilperic II of the Burgundians. On her father's murder by her uncles, she and her sister Chroma escaped Burgundy. Clotilda married Clovis, King of the Franks, in 493 and had with him five children. She was the person primarily responsible for Clovis' conversion to Christianity, and, therefore, the conversion of all of France. At Clovis' death in 511, Clotilda went into a monastery at Tours where she stayed until her death in 545. She was canonized a few years after her death, and her traditional feast day is June 3.[Fix.FTW]
Clotilda was the younger daughter of King Chilperic II of the Burgundians. On her father's murder by her uncles, she and her sister Chroma escaped Burgundy. Clotilda married Clovis, King of the Franks, in 493 and had with him five children. She was the person primarily responsible for Clovis' conversion to Christianity, and, therefore, the conversion of all of France. At Clovis' death in 511, Clotilda went into a monastery at Tours where she stayed until her death in 545. She was canonized a few years after her death, and her traditional feast day is June 3.[Attempt.FTW]