+ Fara (who is also known as Saint Burgundofara) was the daughter of Count Agneric, a courtier of King Theodebert II (a regional king in what is the northeastern region of modern-day France).
+ Saint Fara’s sister, Cagnoald, and brother, Faro, are also honored as saints. As a child, Saint Fara was blessed by the monk-missionary Saint Columbanus.
+ Although she desired to become a nun, her father arranged a marriage for her. After Fara became critically ill, her father gave permission for her to enter religious life and constructed an abbey for her.
+ Fara and her nuns originally followed the Rule of Saint Columban, but today the monastery—known as the Abbey of Faremoutiers—follows the Rule of Saint Benedict.
+ Saint Fara served as the community’s abbess for 37 years and trained many English nuns who were later honored as saints, including Saint Ethelburga, the daughter of the king of the East Angles.
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