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Monegundis (Monegund Monegundes) (died 570 AD) was a Frankish hermit and saint. A native of Chartres she married and bore her husband daughters. When her daughters died in childhood she decided to become an anchorite after a long depression and after receiving permission from her husband. She founded a hermitage consisting of a private room at Chartres but later moved to a site near the tomb of Saint Martin at Tours. She acquired a reputation for holiness.