Saint Bertha of Blangy
Saint
Pre-Congregation
Feast Day
July 4
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Biography
Saint Bertha of Blangy was the daughter of Count Rigobertus and Ursanna, who was herself the daughter of the king of Kent, England. At the age of twenty, Bertha married a nobleman named Siegfried, a cousin of the king, and together they had five daughters. When Siegfried died in 672, Bertha devoted herself entirely to God and works of charity. In 682, she built a convent at Blangy in Artois, France....