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  • Opportuna of Montreuil
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  • Saint Opportuna of Montreuil (died 770) was a French Benedictine nun and abbess. A Vita et miracula Sanctae Opportunae was written within a century of her death (ca 885-88) by St. Adalhelm (later rendered Adelin), bishop of Séez, who believed he owed his life and his see to Opportuna.
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patronage
  • Diocese of Séez
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Birth Date
  • unknown
death place
Attributes
  • Carrying an abbess's crozier and a casket of relics; with the Virgin appearing at her deathbed; as a princess with a basket of cherries and the fleur-de-lys
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Name
  • Opportuna of Montreuil
ImageSize
  • 250
Caption
  • Opportuna being visited by the Virgin on her deathbed, engraving by Jacques Callot
feast day
  • --04-22
Birth Place
  • at the castle of Exmes, Argentan, near Ayesmes, Normandy, France
Titles
  • Abbess and Virgin
death date
  • 0770-04-22
abstract
  • Saint Opportuna of Montreuil (died 770) was a French Benedictine nun and abbess. A Vita et miracula Sanctae Opportunae was written within a century of her death (ca 885-88) by St. Adalhelm (later rendered Adelin), bishop of Séez, who believed he owed his life and his see to Opportuna.