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Baudonivia was a French nun and scholar at the convent of Holy Cross of Poitiers who, between 600 and 602, was asked by the other nuns to compose a memoir of their founder, Radegund.
Venantius Fortunatus became bishop of Poitiers in 590 and shortly thereafter, wrote a memoir of Radegund called Vita Radegundis. Sometime after 600, the nuns chose Baudonivia, one of their own, to write a memoir that would complement his work. Based on her personal knowledge of Radegund, Fortunatus's biography of the saint, and hagiographical sources, Baudovinia created a portrait of a devout yet politically shrewd woman who used her worldly power to sustain the monastery.
Scholars have noted the thematic differences between Fortunatus' and Baudonivia's biographies: whereas the former focuses on Radegund's deference to authority, the latter highlights her role as diplomat and protector of her community of nuns. While Fortunus relates the extensive self-mutilation Radegund performed, Baudonivia discusses her letter writing, her actions on behalf of the Church and individuals, her traveling to collect relics and, most importantly, her efforts to gain a fragment of The One True Cross from Justin II, the Byzantine Emperor. The book also includes all of the miracles performed by Radegund.
She is memorialized in The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago.