Waltrude

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The Sainte Waudru collegiate church and the belfry at Mons.
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The Sainte Waudru collegiate church and the belfry at Mons.

Saint Waltrude (Waldetrudis, Vaudru, Waudru) (d. April 9, ca. 688) is the patron saint of Mons, Belgium. Married to the Count of Hainault, she raised four children. After her husband retired to an abbey, she herself became a nun in 656. She founded her own convent (Sainte-Waudru) and the city of Mons grew around it.

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