Saint Hoilde

At that time, Saint Alpi saint Alpin Bishop of Châlons who canonized Saint Pome. n, Bishop of Châlon Châlons Territory where the Irish siblings settled. s, while visiting the churches of his diocese, went to Perthes, where he received, with pious eagerness, the seven young sisters whom their devout parents presented to him. With their full consent, he consecrated them to God, made them understand even better the value of virginity, gave them a rule of life and wise precepts, enriched them with his blessing, and, upon departing, commended them to their parents, no longer simply as their daughters, but as the brides of God Himself. They followed the rule that Saint Alpin had given them throughout their lives. Amée, Ménehould, and Holde attained a higher holiness than the others; and, after having endured the labors of good works in this life, they flew away to the abode of glory.

Several centuries later, the Count of Champagne, Henry the Liberal, had a vision during his sleep, in which it seemed to him that he had fallen into a well, and that a terrible misfortune had struck his life; but Sai nt Holde cam sainte Holde Virgin of the 5th century, daughter of the Count of Perthes. e to his aid and delivered him. Upon waking, having asked and learned who Saint Holde was, he had her body searched for. He discovered it and had it transferred to the Saint-Étienne church of Tr église Saint-Étienne de Troyes Place of burial and veneration of the saint in Troyes. oyes, which he had built and dedicated to the first martyr. This translation took place in 1159, in the month of September.

God approved her through miracles, and the fame they produced caused the Countess of Bar to request and obtain an arm of Saint Holde, to deposit it in a monastery of nuns of the Order of Cîte aux, which took Ordre de Cîteaux Monastic order to which Bertrand and the Abbey of Grandselve belong. the name of Sainte-Holde. God glorified such a great Saint through miracles.

To obtain water in a time of extreme drought, the canons, having carried the body of Saint Holde in procession, were flooded with abundant rain. A man, afflicted with a disease so severe that he could neither walk nor bring his hand to his mouth, was advised by his wife, on the eve of the feast of Saint Holde, to make a vow to this Saint and to commend himself to her; the next morning, he was carried to the shrine of the Saint; when he had fulfilled his vow and said his prayer, he found himself healed and was able to return home without assistance.

A woman, having recently given birth, undermined by an incessant fever and suffocated by a dangerous abscess in her throat, had been treated in vain by doctors who despaired of her life; but, advised by her brother, who was a canon of Saint-Étienne, to offer a vow and prayers to Saint Holide, she followed this advice, and, instantly, she vomited the pus from her abscess, was delivered from the fever, and restored to full health. The body of Saint Holide rested in a gilded shrine and received num châsse dorée Reliquary containing the remains of the saint. erous tributes.

Old Proper of Troyes of 1648.