Carétène (also Caretena) (born died September 16, 506) was the wife of Gundobad, king of the Burgundians. Unlike her husband, who was an Arian, Carétène was a Catholic. She was probably the mother of Sigismund of Burgundy.
According to her epitaph, Carétène was known for helping the poor, and encouraging clemency toward her husband's prisoners. She is credited with founding a monastic Church of St. Michael in Lyons. Most likely, this church is also where she was buried.
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- Martina Hartmann: Die Königin im frühen Mittelalter. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, , S. 3f.; 11; 148; 159; 167f.; 206; 215.
- Reinhold Kaiser: Die Burgunder. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, , S. 63; 118; 124; 152; 154; 159; 167.
- Gerd Kampers: Caretena â Königin und Asketin. Mosaiksteine zum Bild einer burgundischen Herrscherin, in: Francia 27, 1 (2000), S. 1âÂÂ32.
- John Robert Martindale u. a.: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PRLE), Bd. 2, 1980, S. 260f.