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Saint Relindis (or Renule) (died 750), sister of Saint Herlindis of Maaseik, Herlindis, was the daughter of count Adelard. The sisters were brought up at the Benedictine monastery in Valenciennes."Harlindis and Relindis, two intellectual pioneers in the Maasland region", Saint Catherine's Church Treasures, Maaseik
/ref> Adelard and his wife later built a Aldeneik Abbey, monastery at Maaseik for their daughters. The Abbey of Aldeneik was consecrated in 728. Willibrord consecrated Harlindis as the first abbess, After her death, Relindis was named to succeed her by Saint Boniface. Relindus was gifted in embroidery and painting. The purported vestments of Sts. Harlindis and Relindis, now in Maaseik, Belgium are the earliest surviving examples of Anglo-Saxon embroidery. Traditionally attributed as the work of Sts. Harlindis and Relindis themselves, the works are not that old and are of Anglo-Saxon English origin, dated to the second half of the ninth century.
Veneration of Saints Harlindis and Relindis became widespread throughout the Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège, diocese of Liège. Her Calendar of saints, feast day is 6 February. An Ommegang is held every twenty-five years to commemorate the transfer of their relics from Church of Saint Anne, Aldeneik, Sint-Anna Church in Aldeneik to Sint-Catharinakerk in Maaseik. The most recent was held in 2022."Harlindis Relindis 2022', Toerisme-Maaseik
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Relindis at Catholic Online
Year of birth missing 750 deaths Belgian Roman Catholic saints 8th-century Christian saints Frankish abbesses Medieval Belgian saints Female saints of medieval Belgium 8th-century Frankish nuns 8th-century Christian nuns {{saint-stub
/ref> Adelard and his wife later built a Aldeneik Abbey, monastery at Maaseik for their daughters. The Abbey of Aldeneik was consecrated in 728. Willibrord consecrated Harlindis as the first abbess, After her death, Relindis was named to succeed her by Saint Boniface. Relindus was gifted in embroidery and painting. The purported vestments of Sts. Harlindis and Relindis, now in Maaseik, Belgium are the earliest surviving examples of Anglo-Saxon embroidery. Traditionally attributed as the work of Sts. Harlindis and Relindis themselves, the works are not that old and are of Anglo-Saxon English origin, dated to the second half of the ninth century.
Veneration
Veneration of Saints Harlindis and Relindis became widespread throughout the Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège, diocese of Liège. Her Calendar of saints, feast day is 6 February. An Ommegang is held every twenty-five years to commemorate the transfer of their relics from Church of Saint Anne, Aldeneik, Sint-Anna Church in Aldeneik to Sint-Catharinakerk in Maaseik. The most recent was held in 2022./ref>
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Relindis at Catholic Online
Year of birth missing 750 deaths Belgian Roman Catholic saints 8th-century Christian saints Frankish abbesses Medieval Belgian saints Female saints of medieval Belgium 8th-century Frankish nuns 8th-century Christian nuns {{saint-stub