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{{Short description|Queen of the Franks as Clovis I's wife}} {{About|the saint}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox saint |honorific_prefix= [[Saint]] |name= Clotilde |birth_date= c. 474 |birth_place= [[Lyon]], [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] |feast_day= June 3 (June 4 in France) |venerated_in= [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], [[Catholic Church]], [[Lutheranism]] |image= Delpech - Clotilde.jpg |imagesize= 200px |caption= A lithograph of Saint Clotilde |death_date = 545; Aged {{age|474|545}} |death_place= [[Tours]], [[Francia]] |titles= [[List of Frankish queens|Queen consort of the Franks]] |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= [[Pre-congregation|Pre-Congregation]] |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes= as a praying queen and as a nun, with a crown on her head or beside her |patronage= [[bride]]s, [[adoption|adopted children]], [[parent]]s, [[exile]]s, [[Notary|notaries]], [[widow]]s, the [[lame]] |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= }} '''Clotilde''' ({{circa}} 474 – 3 June 545 in [[Burgundy|Burgundy, France]])<ref name="cathencyclopedia2">{{Cite book |last=Kurth |first=Godefroid |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04066a.htm |title=The Catholic Encyclopedia |date=1908 |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |volume=4 |location=New York |chapter=St. Clotilda |access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref>{{Sfn|Dunbar|1904|p=191}} (also known as '''Clotilda''' (Fr.), '''Chlothilde''' (Ger.)<ref name="cathencyclopedia2" /> '''Chlothieldis, Chlotichilda, Clodechildis, Croctild, Crote-hild, Hlotild, Rhotild''', and many other forms),{{Sfn|Dunbar|1904|p=191}} is a [[saint]] and was a [[List of Frankish queens|Queen of the Franks]]. Clotilde is the patron saint of the lame in [[Normandy]] and the patron saint of Les Andelys and has been "invoked against sudden death and iniquitous husbands".<ref name="farmer2">{{Cite book |last=Farmer |first=David Hugh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_zJJtvK2_KsC&q=Clotilde |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Saints |date=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780192800589 |edition=4th |pages=95 |access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref> She married [[Clovis I]], the [[List of Frankish kings|first king of the Franks]], in 492 or 493. Their marriage, from the 6th century on, "was made the theme of epic narratives, in which the original facts were materially altered".<ref name="farmer2" /> Clotilde's story fascinated later generations because it was "the centerpiece of a struggle between the old Catholic, Roman population against the [[Arianism]] of the Germanic tribes".{{Sfn|McNamara|Halborg|Whatley|1992|p=39}} She was able to convince Clovis to convert to Christianity; the Franks, due to her influence, were Catholics for centuries. Political and violent intrigue surrounded her family for most of her life. After the death of Clovis, she spent the rest of her life near the tomb of [[Martin of Tours|Saint Martin of Tours]], "led a devout life", became "totally detached from politics and power-struggles except through prayer",<ref name="farmer2" /> and gave everything she had to the poor. Clotilde is represented as a praying queen and as a nun. She built churches, monasteries, and convents, including the [[Abbey of Saint Genevieve|Basilica of the Holy Apostles]], which later became the Church of Sainte-Geneviève, which she and Clovis built as a mausoleum honouring [[Genevieve|Saint Genevieve]], the patron saint of Paris. Clotilde's feast day is June 3.<ref name="farmer2" />
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