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Saint Gertrude saving a house on fire, detail of a mural in the Crosier Monastery, Maastricht. Gertrude is the patron saint of the City of Nivelles. The towns of Geertruidenberg, Breda, and Bergen-op-Zoom in North Brabant, also are under her patronage. [20] Gertrude was also the patron saint of the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers or Crutched ...
The Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude (French: Collégiale Sainte-Gertrude) is a Roman Catholic collegiate church in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium, which was built in the 11th century. It is dedicated to Saint Gertude, the patron saint of cats.
Nivelles Abbey was founded in 640 by the widow of Pepin of Landen, Itta of Metz, along with her daughter, Gertrude of Nivelles, with the support of the bishop, Saint Amand. The abbey began as a community of nuns; they were joined later by Irish monks from Mont Saint-Quentin Abbey, sent by Abbot Foillan to give support to the
Gertrude of Nivelles (626–659), founded the Abbey of Nivelles located in present-day Belgium Gertrude the Great (1256–1302), German Cistercian, mystic, and theologian Religious institutions and schools
Gertrude the Great or Gertrude of Helfta (January 6, 1256 – November 17, 1302) was a German Benedictine nun and mystic who was a member of the Monastery of Helfta. While herself a Benedictine, she also has strong ties to the Cistercian Order; her monastery in Helfta is currently occupied by nuns of the Cistercian Order.
St. Salvator's Cathedral, Bruges; ... Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles; Church of Saint Joseph, Waterloo; West Flanders. In the Diocese of Bruges:
The two-meter-tall statue that strikes the hours in one of the towers (French: jacquemart) is affectionately known as "Jean de Nivelles". Jean dates from around 1400. The Recollets convent and its church date from the 16th century. Nivelles also has an archaeological museum, which complements the visit at Saint Gertrude.
Itta of Metz, O.S.B. (also Ida, Itte or Iduberga; 592–8 May 652) was the wife of Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of Austrasia.After his death, she founded the Abbey of Nivelles, where she became a Colombanian nun along with her daughter, Gertrude of Nivelles.