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Nivelles (Belgium), the Saint Gertrude of Nivelles statue. Gertrude is portrayed as leading a devout life until her death. It is possible that, after taking the veil in circa 640, she never left the monastery cloister, thus escaping politics and local affairs. [9] Gertrude is described as "exhausted by a life of charity, fasting and prayer" at ...
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.
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.
Hail Mary of Gold is a Roman Catholic Marian prayer attributed to Saint Gertrude the Great.. According to Saint Gertrude, the Virgin Mary stated that: "At the hour when the soul which has thus greeted me quits the body, I will appear to them in such splendid beauty that they will taste, to their great consolation, something of the joys of Paradise".
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 nuns.
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.
Gertrude of Nivelles: A nun with a crosier and rats (now sometimes cats) [citation needed] Gertrude Prosperi: Benedictine habit, Crucifix [citation needed] Gertrude the Great: crown, lily, taper [citation needed] Gervasius and Protasius: the scourge, the club and the sword [68] Ghébrē-Michael: Palm branch [citation needed] Ghislain
Gertrude of Merania (1185–1213), Queen consort and regent of Hungary; Saint Gertrude of Nivelles (c.626–659), daughter of Pepin I and founder of the Nivelles monastery; Gertrude of Poland (c. 1025–1108), Grand Princess Consort of Kiev; Gertrude of Saxony or Gertrude of Holland (ca.1030-1113), wife of Robert I of Flanders, regent of Holland