Saint Hildemarca of Fécamp

Also known as

  • Childemarque
  • Childomarca
  • Hildemarque
  • Ildemarca
  • Quildomarca

Memorial

  • 19 June (Martyrology of Jerome)
  • 20 June (priory of Perrecy in the diocese of Autun, France)
  • 25 October on some calendars

Profile

Benedictine nun at the Saint Eulalia convent in Bordeaux, France. Invited by Saint Wandrille to govern the monastery he founded at Fécamp. Abbess. She took in Saint Leodegarius of Autun and helped nurse him back to health after his mutilation and exile.

Died

  • c.682 of natural causes
  • the monastery was destroyed by Norman invaders in 842, and her relics dispersed

Canonized

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Hildemarca of Fécamp“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 January 2022. Web. 19 April 2024. <>