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246:. There was even an attempt on her life by a certain Audoaldus before Chlothar ordered her arrest. The man he sent, Faraulf, having failed to persuade her to surrender, threatened the local governor Nymfidius with retaliation if he did not engineer her surrender, which he did. For her arrest, Bishop
270:. She died after a short illness on 11 August. Florentius reports one posthumous miracle worked through her intercession to prove her sainthood: a lame man was healed after drinking the water that washed the pallet that had carried her body.
289:. It is mentioned in several missals and breviaries from Provence from the 13th and 14th centuries. One breviary from Arles from the early 14th century contains a brief extract from the
76:, and dedicated to Celsa, Rusticula's successor. Florentius may have been raised in the convent and been present at Rusticula's death or funeral. The Latin title of the biography is
436:, p. 125 and n. 21, although at p. 120, they suggest that Guntram gave the girl to Liliola's custody because he owed her a favour for having taken custody of the widow of King
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for the return of her daughter, Guntram refused because the girl had already professed as a nun. She would have been at least six or seven years old at the time, according to the
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Heiress of a wealthy family, she was abducted as a child before being brought to the abbey. In 613, she was arrested and accused of being part of a plot against King
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At a young age, Rusticula was abducted by
Cheraonius, who wished to marry her for her inheritance. The intervention of Liliola, the abbess of Saint-Jean, and Bishop
152:, while "the entire household" called her Marcia. It is not clear if the household in question was her parents' or the convent, in which case Marcia may have been a
219:, Rusticula was accused of participating in a plot against the king's life. She may have been perceived as too close to Guntram and his successors.
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but was ultimately freed. She was treated as a saint upon her death. Her biography was written within a generation of her death.
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secured her release and she was allowed to enter the abbey of Saint-Jean. Although
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presents her as the sole heiress of her family, but there is reason to believe that
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in 614. She prevailed at the king's court and was permitted to return to Arles.
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