Sigolena of Albi
Saint Sigolena of Albi (fl. 7-8th. c.) was an Albigensian deaconess and saint from Albi, France.
Sigolena was born into a noble family of Aquitaine.
Upon her marriage to Gislulf at the age of 12, she offered her husband all of her possessions to "gain the freedom of her body". Her husband granted her desire for a Josephite marriage and encouraged her piety and charity. After ten years of marriage her husband died unexpectedly. At age 24, she had difficulties convincing her parents she did not wish to remarry. After being consecrated by the city's bishop as a deaconess, she was eventually able to persuade her father to build her a convent on his own land.
Patron saint of Albi; France
In the Martyrology
- July 24 Saint Ségolène, Benedictine nun