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She was buried in Saint Begga"s Collegiate Church in Andenne. Ansegisel was killed sometime before 679, slain in a feud by his enemy Gundewin. Begga made a pilgrimage to Rome, and upon her return built seven churches at Andenne on the Meuse.
She is commemorated as a saint on her feast days, 6 September and 17 December.
Street Begga"s feast day is 17 December according to "www.catholic.org". Some hold that the Beguine movement which came to light in the 12th century was actually founded by Street Begga.
And the church in the beguinage of Lier, Belgium, has a statue of Street Begga standing above the inscription: Saint Begga, our foundress. The Lier beguinage dates from the 13th century.
More than likely, however, the Beguines derived their name from that of the priest Lambert le Bègue, under whose protection the witness and ministry of the Beguines flourished.
