medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Theresa Gross-Diaz wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> For cat fanciers, Gertrude does not take second place to St Patrick...
> she is known for protection from mice, and by extension has become the
> patron st of cats and cat lovers (though I have yet to find a medieval
> image of her with cats, one sees mice at her feet or running up her
> pastoral staff in most medieval images). Here is a pic of her, on the
> door to her collegiale chuch in Nivelles:
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> http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.convivialiteenflandre.org/sorties/sorties-04-05/5nivelles/photos/boiserie2_gertrude.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.convivialiteenflandre.org/sorties/sorties-04-05/5nivelles/nivelles.php&h=515&w=316&sz=39&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=1RXP_JtWmMcaeM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=80&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgertrude%2Bnivelles%2Bboiserie%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN
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> TGD
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What do you mean by "collegiale church"? This is a phrase used
frequently here & I realized I don't understand it.
DW
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