Feast of St. Bathildis

 

Or it might be Saint Balthild, also known as Bathilde d'Ascagnie, Batilde, Bathylle, Bathild, or Bathilda. She was married to the King of France, Clovis II. Together they had three boys named Clotaire, Childeric, and Theuderic. Clovis' father was named Dagobert; he had a brother named Sigebert.

I know those names aren't funny, but ...well, yes they are.

Anyway, Saint whatever her name is was a slave who married the King when she was 19 years old and Clovis was between 12 and 16. When Clovis died and Clotaire became King (at the age of 5), Bathidis (which means "Bold Battle, by the way) remained Queen Regent for a while before joining a convent. When her sons were all old enough she entered the abbey at Chellis (just outside Paris, which she funded when she was queen) where she worked hard to abolish the practice of Christian slave trading and child slavery.