Jonas of Bobbio's life of Columbanus reports that she was blessed by the Irish monk when a child: Then Columban went to the city of Meaux.

Burgundofara recovers, thanks to Eustasius's prayers, but her father goes back on his word and decides to give her away in marriage.

There her brothers Faro and Chagnoald catch her, and are set on killing her for disobeying their father Chagneric, but the timely arrival of Eustasius settles matters.

[4] With Eustasius's support, and the approval of Bishop Gundoald of Meaux, Burgundofara established an abbey on her father's lands.

An edict of King Chilperic I a generation earlier had favoured the claims of daughters in inheritance over those of uncles and nephews, making the marriage of an heiress of considerable importance to the wider family.