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Well, that 1730 collection of saints does have a pronounced Netherlandic bias (not altogether surprising in a book whose language is Dutch). On 2. March its saint was Charles the Good, count of Flanders (local cult confirmed papally only in 1882), and on 6. March its saint was Colette of Corbie, whose cult based on her community at Gand / G(h)ent was at the time of the book's publication papally authorized only for the Spanish Netherlands (Colette's beatification did not come until 1740).
Best,
John Dillon
On 03/17/15, "Heintzelman, Matthew" wrote:
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> This one must be for my Irish grandmother: Gertrude Dorney! The 1730 collection of saints does not have Patrick, but Gertrude!
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> “Gertrude is portrayed as leading a devout life until her death. It is possible that after taking the veil in ca. 640, she never left the monastery at Nivelles, thus escaping politics and local affairs. Gertrude is described as "exhausted by a life of charity, fasting and prayer" at the end of her short life. The Cambridge Medieval History says that, "because of too much abstinence and keeping of vigils... her body was sorrily exhausted with serious illness."” (Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_of_Nivelles)
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