Angadrisma (''Angadrême, Angadresima, Angadreme, Angradesma, Andragasyna'') (d. ca. 695) was a seventh-century

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and saint, daughter of

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. A cousin to Lambert, Bishop of Lyon, she was educated at

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by Lambert and Saint Audomare (Omer). Although she wished to become a

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, she was promised in an

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to Saint Ansbert of Chaussy. Tradition states that Angadrisma, wishing for a way out, prayed fervently and was stricken with

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. She was cured when she was allowed to become a nun and received the veil from Saint Ouen,

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. She became abbess of the

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convent of Oroër-des-Vierges, near

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. Angadrisma is portrayed in art with her face pitted by leprous skin. She is venerated as the patron of the diocese of Beauvais.

References

External links

Ste Angadrême, vierge; Patronne principale de Beauvais
website of Le diocèse de Beauvais, Noyon et Senlis
Saint of the Day, October 14: Angadrisma
website of Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Washington, DC
Saint Angadrisma of Beauvais
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