Saint Vulfetrude, also known as Wilfretrudis and Wulfetrude (died 669), was an AbbessofNivelles from 659 to 669 AD. She was a daughterofGrimoald I, therefore, a grand daughter of Pepin the Elder, mayor of the palaceofAustrasia and Itte Idoberge of the Carolingian dynasty.[1][2][3][4]
She entered the monastery of Nivelles, and she succeeded her aunt Saint Gertrude of Nivelles as abbess in 659 AD. The fall of her father Grimoald I and her brother Childebert the Adopted left her exposed to the hostility of opponents of the family.
She is commemorated on November 23.[5]
