Thelchildes

Saint Thelchildis (d. 660), was abbess of Jouarre Abbey and mentor of Berthild of Chelles. She remained Abbess at Jouarre until her death in 660.

Jouarre Abbey church

When Saint Bathildis, the wife of Clovis II, founded the Abbey of Chelles, she asked Saint Thelchildis to oversee the foundation, and to pick "the most experienced and virtuous nuns of Jouarre" to join her. She appointed St. Bertilde of Chelle as first abbess, about 646.[1][2]

She was the mentor of both St. Bertilde, Abbess of Chelles, and St. Etheria, first Abbess of Notre-Dame of Soissons (658).

References

Rev. Alban Butler. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. Compiled from Original Monuments and Authentic Records in Twelve Volumes.(Dublin: James Duffy, 2013).
Joannes van Soest, De penitentie der heylige moniken eremyten, en andere die in de Eenigheyt geleeft hebben ; met eenige godtvruchtige bemerckingen ende ghebeden, Volume 4 (Joannes van Soest, 1711)page 316.

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[1] Rev. Alban Butler. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. Compiled from Original Monuments and Authentic Records in Twelve Volumes.(Dublin: James Duffy, 2013).

[2] Joannes van Soest, De penitentie der heylige moniken eremyten, en andere die in de Eenigheyt geleeft hebben ; met eenige godtvruchtige bemerckingen ende ghebeden, Volume 4 (Joannes van Soest, 1711)page 316.