French noble in the reign of King Dagobert I. Friend and
spiritual student of Saint Ouen of Rouen. Bertille wanted to
enter religious life, but delayed and worried, thinking her
parents would oppose her choice; they did not. Benedictine nun
at the convent at Jouarre, Brie, France, an abbey founded by
Saint Owen‘s brother Ado under the strict rule of Saint
Columbanus. Infirmarian. Convent school headmistress. Prioress.
Abbess of the abbey at Chelles from 646, when it was restored by
Saint Bathildis, until her death. During this time the convent
attracted nuns that included a queen, several Merovingian
princesses, and many Anglo-Saxon noble women. - at Soissons,
France - Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate - Our Sunday
Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints - Pictorial Lives of the Saints