Biography
Clotsind of Marchiennes
About Clotsind of Marchiennes
Clotsind, also called Clotsende or Glodesind, is remembered in the monastic history of Marchiennes. Nominis places her birth around 635 and identifies her parents as Adalbald and Rictrude.
According to that account, she succeeded her mother as abbess in 688. The notice places her death around 714 and records her commemoration on June 30.
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