Saint Scariberga of Yvelines
Also known as
- Scariberg
- Scariberge
Profile
Born to the Gallic nobility; niece of King Clovis I. Given in an arranged marriage to Saint Arnulf of Tours; they lived as brother and sister, and when he became bishop, she became a nun. Widowed when Arnulf was martyred, she bult a hermit‘s cell over his tomb in the Yvelines forest between Paris and Chartres, France, and lived in it the rest of her life. The town of Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, France grew up around the tomb and cell.
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MLA Citation
- “Saint Scariberga of Yvelines“. CatholicSaints.Info. 18 July 2016. Web. 19 February 2019. <>