525-587 She was married when she was 12 years old to cruel man who was unfaithful and abusive. When she was around 20 years old, she left him and became a deaconess. She joined a monastery and worked to bring religious reform to France. She founded several monasteries and worked to help the poor. Even though she left her husband, she still held power in her own right, and worked to keep the balance of power in France.