Saint Amalberga of Temse | |
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![]() Shrine of Saint Amalberga, with the sturgeon | |
Died | 772 AD |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Major shrine | Ghent |
Feast | July 10 |
Attributes | a sturgeon depicts how she escaped harm on the back of a sturgeon |
Amalberga of Temse (c. 741 – 10 July 772) was a Lotharingian noblewoman from the Frankish royal house of the Pippinids who is celebrated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is especially venerated in Temse, Ghent, Munsterbilzen, and other parts of Flanders. She received the veil from Saint Willibrord of Echternach.[1]