Saint Gertrude of Nivelles is apparently the patron saint of cats, the insane and gardeners! How crazy is that? She's a girl after my own heart.
Thanks to my friend Libby for pointing me to this link.
Monday, April 01, 2013
Saint Gertrude of Nivelles
Saint Gertrude of Nivelles is apparently the patron saint of cats, the insane and gardeners! How crazy is that? She's a girl after my own heart.
Thanks to my friend Libby for pointing me to this link.
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Wait a minute, the Catholic Encyclopedia says, “The towns of Geertruidenberg, Breda, and Bergen-op-Zoom in North Brabant honour her as patron. She is also patron of travellers, and is invoked against fever, rats, and mice, particularly field-mice.”
ReplyDeleteSomebody is assuming cats, and lord knows where crazy gardeners comes from.
I cross checked with a number of sites. All say she is the patron saint of cats, most say she also favours gardeners and several including this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_of_Nivelles say she watches over the insane as well. Busy lady!
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