For centuries to come, the people who would become the nation of France were the leaders of Christian civilization in Western Europe. The royal couple made Paris their capital, and from Belgium to the Mediterranean they founded churches and monasteries. King Clovis and Queen Clothilde unified the various peoples under Frankish rule by spreading the Catholic faith.

Raised as a Christian by her mother, the princess was wed at the age of eighteen to Clovis, King of the Franks, who the legends say fell in love with her beauty. Honored by the Catholic Church as a saint, Clothilde was the daughter of the King of Burgundy. Though it reads like a diary, all of the historical facts have been thoroughly researched and verified by reliable sources. In this book for young people, Queen Clothilde tells the exciting story of her life from her point of view. Illustrated.Thanks to the prayers and good example of his young wife, Clothilde, the fierce barbarian Clovis experienced a miraculous conversion on the field of battle and became a Christian in 496, forever changing the destiny of France.

The royal couple made Paris their capital, and from Belgium to the Mediterranean they founded churches and monasteries. In this book for young people, Queen Clothilde tells the exciting story of her life from her point of view. Thanks to the prayers and good example of his young wife, Clothilde, the fierce barbarian Clovis experienced a miraculous conversion on the field of battle and became a Christian in 496, forever changing the destiny of France.

Saint Clothilde by Blandine Male