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Birth:           615 of Landen, Leige, Belgium
Death:          17 Dec  693 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begga
Saint Begga (also Begue, Begge) (615 – 17 December 693) was the daughter of Pepin 
of Landen, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, and his wife Itta of Metz. On the death of 
her husband, she took the veil, founded seven churches, and built a convent at 
Andenne on the Meuse River (Andenne sur Meuse) where she spent the rest of her 
days as abbess. She was buried in Saint Begga's Collegiate Church in Andenne.
Life[edit]

The daughter of Pepin of Landen and his wife, Itta, Begga was the older sister of St 
Gertrude of Nivelles.[1] She married Ansegisel, son of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, and had 
three children: Pepin of Heristal, Martin of Laon, and Clotilda of Heristal, who married 
Theuderic III of the Franks.[2] Ansegisel was killed sometime before 679, slain in a 
feud by his enemy Gundewin. Begga made a pilgrimage to Rome, and upon her return 
built seven churches at Andenne on the Meuse.[3]

Veneration[edit]

She is commemorated as a saint on her feast days, 6 September and 17 December. St 
Begga's feast day is 17 December according to "www.catholic.org".[4]

Some hold that the Beguine movement which came to light in the 12th century was 
actually founded by St Begga; and the church in the beguinage of Lier, Belgium, has a 
statue of St Begga standing above the inscription: St. Begga, our foundress.

The Lier beguinage dates from the 13th century. More than likely, however, the 
Beguines derived their name from that of the priest Lambert le Bègue, under whose 
protection the witness and ministry of the Beguines flourished.[5][6]

Parents
OF LANDEN Pepin "the Old" ( 585 -  640)
____ Itta "Saint" ( 592 - 8 May  652)

Siblings
____ Begga (Begue) "Saint" ( 615 - 17 Dec  693)

Marriage To ____ Ansguise (Ansegisel) ( 602 -  685)
    m. ABT  635 

Notes

Parents
DE HERISTAL Arnulf "Saint" (13 Aug  582 - 16 Aug  640)
OF OLD SAXONY Oda (Dode) (Clothilde) (ABT  583 - )

Children by ____ Ansguise (Ansegisel)  602 -  685
OF HERISTAL Pepin (ABT  635 - 16 Dec  714)
OF LAON Martin (ABT  645 - )
____ Chlotilde (ABT  650 - )

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