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Ansfried of Utrecht

d. 1010 · 11th century

Ansfried was a count in the Low Countries who served Emperor Otto III before becoming bishop of Utrecht in 995. Around 990 he and his wife Hilsondis founded the convent of Thorn, near the Meuse, with their daughter Benedicta as its first abbess. Going blind in later life, he retired to the abbey of Hohorst, which he had founded, and died there in 1010. He is venerated as a saint.

Ansfried of Utrecht
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Imperial Abbey of Thorn

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