The Past is Already Written

“There are few people whom I really love and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)

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10 July 2026

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SAINT OF THE DAY (July 10)

St. Amalberga, otherwise known as Amelia, was born at Brabantrelated and was, in some way, related to Pepin of Landen.

Whether she was a sister or niece, the Bollandists are not sure.

She was married to Witger and became the mother of three saints: Gudila, Reinelda, and Emembertus.

The Norman chroniclers speak of her as having been married twice, which seems to be erroneous, nor are Pharailda and Ermelende admitted by the Bollandists to have been her children.

She and her husband ultimately withdrew from the world. He becoming a monk, and she a nun.

There is very great confusion in the records of this saint and of a virgin who came a century after.

To add to the difficulty, a third St. Amalberga, also a virgin, appears in the twelfth century.

The first two are celebrated simultaneously on July 10.

She died in 690 and is buried beside her husband at the Lobbes monastery.

Her relics have been interred since 1073 in Saint Peter's Abbey Church in Ghent, Belgium.

She is known to protect people against arm pain, bruises, and fever.

In art, she is represented holding a palm and open book with a crown at her feet, standing on a giant sturgeon or other fish.

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