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Saint Rachilidis
Died946
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Feast23 November
AttributesBenedictine nun

Rachilidis (died 946), was a Benedictine hermit, who lived some time in the 10th century, in what today is modern Switzerland.

Rachilidis spent most of her religious life in the confinement of her cell[1] located close to the monastery of St. Gall, Switzerland, near the cell of Saint Wiborada. She is believed to have died around the year 946.[2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ St. Rachilidis Catholic Online
  2. ^ Schulenburg, Jane Tibbetts (1998-01-01). Forgetful of Their Sex: Female Sanctity and Society, Ca. 500-1100. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226740546.
  3. ^ "Wiborada, St. - Dictionary definition of Wiborada, St. | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2017-05-18.