Biography
Balda of Jouarre
About Balda of Jouarre
Balda is remembered as the third abbess of Jouarre, in the diocese of Meaux. Nominis places her in the seventh century but gives no precise dates for her life.
The consulted notice preserves her place in the abbey’s succession rather than a detailed account of her activities. Her local commemoration is listed on December 9.
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