Roseline de Villeneuve

Roseline was born to an aristocratic family, at the château of Les Arcs-sur-Argens, Var, in eastern Provence, near Draguignan.

Having overcome her father's opposition, Roseline became a Carthusian nun at Bertaud in the alps of Dauphiné.

Her consecration took place in 1288, and in about 1330 she succeeded her aunt, Jeanne (Diane) de Villeneuve, as prioress of La Celle-Robaud in the Diocese of Fréjus near her home.

Her feast was given in the Acta Sanctorum on 11 June, the day of the first translation of her relics in 1334 by her brother, Elzéar de Villeneuve, Bishop of Digne.

According to legend, one day Rosaline was so caught up in contemplation that she failed to make dinner for the nuns.