Rachilidis

Saint Rachilidis
Died 946
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast 23 November
Attributes Benedictine nun

Rachilidis was a Benedictine hermitess, 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.

Notes

  1. ↑ St. Rachilidis Catholic Online


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