[1] Her husband was Gombert, Lord of Champenois, who was a nobleman and member of the royal family of France, with whom she lived a celibate life.

[5][2] After Gombert was killed by "idolaters"[5] and "pagan marauders",[2] she was directed by a vision to move her nuns to Val d'Or, near Avenay, in the Champagne region of northeastern France.

[2] There was a drought in the area; according to hagiographer Agnes Dunbar, Peter the Apostle appeared to her and guided her to a garden with a good spring.

The stream flowed in front of her convent and supplied water for both her nuns and for the town; Dunbar reported that "there it flows to this day, an abundant supply of beautiful, clear water, curing many infirmities, and witnessing the truth of the legend of the distaff".

Dunbar reports that they "were immediately seized by the devil, and tore themselves to pieces, all but one woman named Nuncia, who had some pangs of repentance".