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Begga
Saint Begga (also Begue, Begge) (d 17 December 693 AD) was the daughter of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, and his wife Itta of Metz. 
On the death of her husband, Ansegisel, she took the veil, founded seven churches, and built a convent at Andenne on the Meuse River (Andenne sur Meuse) where she spent the rest of her days as abbess. 
She was buried in Saint Begga's Collegiate Church in Andenne.
Life.
, originating from the legend that saw Charles Martel, while still a child, kill a bear with a hammer that terrorized the inhabitants.
Andenne is associated with the Rape of Belgium in 1914, during which reportedly 211 townspeople were massacred.
Famous inhabitants.
- Saint Begga, daughter of Pepin of Landen and mother of Pepin of Heristal, founded a convent in Andenne of which she was the first abbess. She is buried in Saint Begga's Collegiate Church in Andenne.
- Fats Sadi, jazz musician