* Saint Athanasia of Aegina ( 9th century ), abbess and saint

(; ) ( 1098 – 17 September 1179 ), also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath.

The characteristics they shared with many Merovingian female saints may be mentioned: Regenulfa of Incourt, a 7th-century virgin in French-speaking Brabant of the ancestral line of the dukes of Brabant fled from a proposal of marriage to live isolated in the forest, where a curative spring sprang forth at her touch ; Ermelindis of Meldert, a 6th-century virgin related to Pepin I, inhabited several isolated villas ; Begga of Andenne, the mother of Pepin II, founded seven churches in Andenne during her widowhood ; the purely legendary " Oda of Amay " was drawn into the Carolingian line by spurious genealogy in her 13th-century vita, which made her the mother of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, but she has been identified with the historical Saint Chrodoara ; finally, the widely-venerated Gertrude of Nivelles, sister of Begga in the Carolingian ancestry, was abbess of a nunnery established by her mother.

The first abbess was Mathilde, granddaughter of Henry and Saint Mathilde.

* Saint Laura, martyred Spanish abbess

* March 17 – Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, abbess

* Saint Herlindis, abbess and saint ( d. 745 )

* Saint Relindis, sister of Herlindis, abbess and saint ( d. 750 )

* Saint Begga, daughter of Pepin of Landen and mother of Pepin of Heristal, founded a convent in Andenne of which she was the first abbess.

* Saint Cuthfleda, was the abbess of the nunnery at Leominster and the patroness of the region.

It is dedicated to St Ethelburga, a 7th century abbess of Barking ; she was the sister of Saint Erkenwald, a Bishop of London.

Saint Frithuswith ( c. 65019 October 727 ; ; also known as Frideswide, Frideswith, Fritheswithe, Frevisse, or simply Fris ) was an English princess and abbess who is credited with establishing Christ Church in Oxford.

They had two sons, Ecgberht and Hlothhere, who each consecutively became king of Kent, and two daughters who both were eventually canonized: Saint Eorcengota became a nun at Faremoutiers Abbey on the continent, and Saint Ermenilda became abbess at Ely.

Raised in a convent in Warwickshire under the direction of Saint Modwen her ambition was to become an abbess, but she was too important as a dynastic pawn to be set aside.

She later became abbess of a nunnery at Restalrig, now part of Edinburgh, and was in due course canonised as Saint Tredwell.

* Saint Clare of the Cross or Clare of Montefalco, 13th-century Italian abbess

Saint Edith became the chief patron of Wilton, and is sometimes said to have been abbess.

The children's subsequent public careers reflect their distinguished origin: Leander and Isidore both became bishops of Seville, and their sister Saint Florentina was an abbess who directed forty convents and one thousand nuns.

* Saint Bertha of Val d ' Or ( d. c. 690 ), abbess

* Saint Bertha of Artois ( mid 7th century-July 4, 725 ), abbess, daughter of Count Rigobert and Ursana

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles ( 626 – March 17, 659 ) was abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles, in present-day Belgium.

Since the 6th century, monks and nuns following the Rule of Saint Benedict have been making the so-called Benedictine vow at their public profession of obedience ( placing oneself under the direction of the abbot / abbess or prior / prioress ), stability ( committing oneself to a particular monastery ), and " conversion of manners " ( which includes forgoing private ownership and celibate chastity ).

Saint Cyra ( also Chera, Crea, and Cere filia Duibhrea ) was an early Irish abbess.