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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.
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
Saint Agricola (Agrele, Aregle), ascetic and Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône in France (580) [14] [23] Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, Abbess of Nivelles, patroness of travellers (659) [3] [6] [14] [24] Saint Beccan of Rhum (677) [3] [6] [25] [note 4] Saint Withburga, Princess of East Anglia, hermitess whose holy well is at East Dereham (c. 743) [3 ...
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
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.
In the same way many saints, when not characterized by the instruments of their martyrdom, are accompanied by animals which identify them; as, St. Roche, with a dog; St. Hubert, with a stag; St. Jerome, with a lion; St. Peter, with a cock; St. Paul the Hermit, with a raven; St. Gertrude of Nivelles, with a cat, etc.
The saint is known by a wide range of names and was venerated as a protector against rats and mice. The veneration of Cutubilla (as she is sometimes referred to there) probably originated in Germany, possibly as a misnomer for the Irish saint Columba, perhaps combined with the misappropriated veneration of Gertrude of Nivelles. The cult ...