medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Dillon wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Today (17. March) is the feast day of:
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> 3) Gertrude of Nivelles (d. 659?). Getrude was a daughter of Pepin of Landen and of his wife, St. Itta; she was thus also a sister of St. Begga. After Pepin's death Itta founded a double monastery at today's Nivelles (prov. de Brabant Wallon) in Belgium and entered it along with G., who became abbess. In about 670 a monk of Nivelles wrote the first of G.'s Vitae (BHL 3490), setting forth her knowledge of Scripture, her works of charity, and her miracles. Her cult spread widely in the Low Countries and in adjacent areas.
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> G.'s monastery has disappeared without trace. Herewith some views of Nivelles' originally eleventh-century collégiale dedicated to her, now rebuilt after extensive bombing damage sustained early in World War II
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Also largely destroyed in said bombing was the beautiful reliquary
shrine of St Gertrude, the contract for which, dated 1272, survives.
Cheers,
Jim
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