In a message dated 10/29/00 2:19:25 PM GMT Standard Time,
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> * Laudoveva (?)
> - supposedly a Frankish queen; buried in church of St Frambaud in
> Senlis until the French Revolution
The church is presumably that which is today 'St-Frambourg', and which lies
inside the circuit of the late Roman walls of Senlis. Is anything further
known of this saint?
Interestingly, there was a Frambertus who signed a charter in 683, and with
whom is perhaps to be identified the bishop given in the episcopal list of
Senlis (which probably dates from the 10th c.) as 'Cranbertus'.
Can anyone elucidate the name of 'Laudoveva' - it seems an unlikely form for
a Frankish lady ('Leudo-' perhaps?). I presume from the 'supposedly' that
there is no other record of this individual?
Henry Gough-Cooper
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