Saint Begga (also Begue, Beghe, Begge) (615 – 17 December 693) was the daughter of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, and his wife Itta. She is also the grandmother of …

Saint Begga of Andenne, also known as Saint Begga of Landen, was born into the nobility around the year 615. She was the daughter of Saint Pepin of Landen, who served as the mayor of the …

St. Begga was born in 615, and was the daughter of Pepin of Landen. He was the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia. Little is known of St. Begga, but on the death of her husband, she joined …

BEGGA, ST. Widow, patron of beguines; d. Andenne, Dec. 17,693. She was the daughter of Pepin of Landen and St. iduberga, and the older sister of St. Gertrude of Nivelles. Begga …

Begga was the daughter of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace, and St. Itta. She married Ansegilius, son of St. Arnulf of Metz, and their son was Pepin of Herstal, founder of the …

Begga made a pilgrimage to Rome, perhaps in 679, visiting seven of the city’s most celebrated churches. That year she was about sixty-four years old. Late in life, she founded a convent at …

Dec 16, 2013 · Many ascribe to St. Begga the institution of the Beguines, very numerous at Mechlin, Ghent, and other places in Brabant, the Flemish Flanders, and some neighbouring …

Dec 17, 2024 · Begga was a Frankish nobleman’s wife with a firm foundation of Christian faith. She spent almost her entire life “in the world,” tending the affairs of her household and playing …

Begga was the daughter of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace, and St. Itta. She married Ansegilius, son of St. Arnulf of Metz, and their son was Pepin of Herstal, founder of the …

begga, widow and abbess THIS saint was daughter of Pepin of Landen, eldest sister to St. Gertrude of Nivelle, and married Ansegise, son to St. Arnoul, who was some time mayor of the …