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• Nickname is Garitrudis.
• She was born in the year 626 in Landen, Flemish Region, Belgium.
• Profession: Abbess Of Nivell, Saint, Abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles, in present-day Belgium, First Abbess of Nivelles, Abbess of Andenne, Saint Bavo, and Grimoald I, Sainte Garitrudis, (Gertrude), Abbesse de Nivelles(Gertrude (Pippinide)).
• She died on March 17, 659 in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Walloon Region, Belgium, she was 33 years old.
• She is buried in Nivelles, Région Wallonne, Belgique.
• A child of Pippijn de Landen and Itta / Idaberge /De Nivelles van Nijvel

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'''Gertrudis''' ('''Gertrude'''), 1at Abbess of Nivelles, daughter of Pepin of Landen and Bl. Iduberge. The Bollandists (''Acta'' 88, 8 Mai. Ii. 307) date her birth to about 592.trasië. Haar moeder was de heilige Ida van Nijvel, en ze is een zuster van de heilige Begga en de heilige Allowin van Haspengouw.-----ps planted on her feast dayertrude of Nivelles (626 – March 17, 659) was abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles, in present-day Belgium.Abbess of Andenne, Saint Bavo and Grimoald I.the son of the Duke of Austrasia she indignantly replied that she would marry neither him nor any other man, but that Jesus Christ alone would be her bridegroom. her mother Itta, following the advice of Saint Amand, Bishop of Maestricht, erected a double monastery at Nivelles. She appointed her daughter Gertrude as its first abbess, while she herself lived there as a nun, assisting the young abbess by her advice. rish monks who had lived c.633-651 in East Anglia, and were now on their way from Rome to Peronne, where their brother St. Furseus, lay buried. Gertrude and her mother gave them a tract of land called Fosse on which they built a monastery. Ultan was made superior of the new house, while Follian remained at Nivelles, instructing the monks and nuns in Holy Scripture, and was later murdered there by bandits.t she might gain more time for the study of Holy Scripture, which she almost knew by heart. The large property left by her mother she used for building churches, monasteries and hospices. of 32 she became so weak through her continuous abstinence from food and sleep that she found it necessary to resign her office. After taking the advice of her monks and nuns, she appointed her niece, Wulfetrude, as her successor, in December, 658. A day before her death she sent one of the monks to St. Ultan at Fosse to ask whether God had made known to him the hour of her death. The saint answered that she would die the following day during Holy Mass. The prophecy was verified. She was venerated as a saint immediately after her death, and a church was erected in her honour by Agnes, the third Abbess of Nivelles., rats, and mice, particularly field-mice. There is a legend that one day she sent some of her subjects to a distant country, promising that no misfortune would befall them on the journey. When they were on the ocean, a large sea-monster threatened to capsize their ship, but disappeared upon the invocation of St. Gertrude. In memory of this occurrence travellers during the Middle Ages drank the so-called "Sinte Geerts Minne" or "Gertrudenminte" before setting out on their journey. St. Gertrude is generally represented as an abbess, with rats and mice at her feet or running up her cloak or pastoral staff.--c. 658 or 664. Patron of Nivelle, Gertruydenberg, Landau, Breda, Bergen-on-Zoom ; of pilgrims and travellers; of cats; against rats, mice, and particularly field d quarters on a journey. With St. Joseph (March 19) she protects seeds that are sown on her day. Fine weather on her day is of good omen for the gardens and fields. ts and mice running up her pastoral staff and her cloak, or at her feet. These are sometimes to be seen in the pictures of another Benedictine abbess, ST. GERTRUDE (13) the Great (13th century), but they have been transferred, by mistake, to her from St. Gertrude, of Nivelle, whose proper attribute they are. kings in succession Clothaire II. (613) and Dagobert I. (628), kings of France; and Sigebert II. (638), king of Austrasia only. Pepin is conspicuous among the men of his time for his ability and integrity. His wife was ST. IDA (3), a lady of rank and virtue equal to his own. They had three children Grimoald, afterwards mayor of the palace, ST. BEGGA, and ST. GERTRUDE. the kingdom of Austrasia, over which Pepin ruled, in the king s name. Nivelle was part of his estate, and belonged, after his death, to his widow and younger daughter. gh to have learnt some lessons of piety, and young enough to have learnt little else, when Pepin, the duke, invited Dagobert, the king, to dine. A goodly company assembled to feast with the duke and his royal guest, and among them two of the king s courtiers, father and son, whose wealth and power placed them on an equality with the lord of Landen. he king and the duke to give the youngest daughter of the latter in marriage to his son. Dagobert thought it a good match in a worldly aspect; and willing to be gracious, he requested Pepin to send for the young lady and her mother. Presently the duchess appeared leading her little daughter. her hand, he said, "Look at this fine fellow, dressed in silk and covered with gold: will you have him for your husband?" rage and indignation, and declared with an oath that she would neither marry the youth in question nor any other mortal man, but that her Lord Jesus Christ should be her only Love and Master. The young man was much discomfited, but from that hour her parents knew by Whom she was beloved and Who had chosen her. daughter were provided for, but she knew not what to do with herself and Gertrude, who was now a beautiful girl with a large estate. astery at Nivelle, and there devote herself, her daughter, and her worldly goods to the service of God. She followed his advice. the fear that the world and its votaries would take possession of Gertrude in spite of her care, she took a knife and cut off her beautiful long hair, shaving her head after the pattern of a crown. Gertrude rejoiced that she should bo found worthy to wear a crown for her Lord's sake on earth, as a token that she should receive an immortal crown from Him in heaven. d, Ida installed her daughter as first abbess, she herself being one of the nuns, and assisting Gertrude with her advice. Gertrude delighted to entertain pilgrims and pious travellers, and by this means often received sacred books or relics from Rome, or information and instruction in religious matters from those who were able to give it. teach her community to sing psalms. Two Irish monks, Saints Foillan and Ultan ( May 1 ), visited her on their way from Rome to Peronne, where their brother, St. Fursey (Jan. 10), was buried. Gertrude and Ida gave them a piece of land called Fosse, or "St. Mors des Fossez," to build a monastery for a perpetual place of entertainment for pilgrims coming from or going to distant places. St. Ultan was set over the new house, and St. Foillan returned to Nivelle to instruct Gertrude's nuns, particularly in singing the psalms and offices of the Church, and otherwise make himself useful to them. day Foillan left home to pay a visit to his brother, taking three of Gertrude's monks with him. On the way they were all murdered by robbers, and no one was left to bring the sad news; but St. Ultan saw in a vision a dove of dazzling whiteness with stains of blood on its wings. He thought it was his brother's soul, but knew not what had befallen him. t uneasy and depressed, and when the time had passed that Foillan was to have returned, she sent a message to Ultan to know whether all was well. The messenger came back in haste and grief to tell that the four monks had never been seen since they left Nivelle, and that Ultan had seen, in a dream, a snow-white dove with blood on its wings. f which an angel appeared to her, and showed her the place in the forest of Soignies where the murder had been committed, and over the body of St. Foillan was a pillar of fire extending up to heaven. She described the place to some of the monks, who went and found the four bodies, that of Foillan with the head cut off, the other three stabbed in the mouth. They brought the bodies to Nivelle, and Gertrude would have had her friend buried in her own church, but his brother claimed him, and many of his friends and brethren testified that it had been his own wish to be buried at Fosse, so to Fosse they took him. fter her mother's death, having the whole management and responsibility on her own shoulders, she employed the most capable and trustworthy of the monks to attend to the outer affairs of the double community, and appointed some of the elder nuns to the management in the house, that so she might reserve more of her own time for devotion and the study of the Holy Scriptures, which she already knew nearly by heart. unequal to the fatigue of her office, and resigned it to her niece ST. WULFETRUDE, who was only 20, but who, having been brought up by Gertrude, was in all respects worthy to succeed her. The holy abbess now devoted herself exclusively to preparation for death, increasing her austerities. When she found herself very near the great change, she was afraid on account of her unworthiness. ne of hor monks to Fosse to tell St. Ultan of her fears, and to ask whether God had revealed to him the time of her death. He answered, "This is the 16th of March, and tomorrow during the saying of mass, she will die; but tell her not to be afraid but to go boldly, for St. Patrick and many saints and angels with great glory are waiting to receive her soul." ct revelation from God or not, and St. Ultan replied, "Go, quick, brother; do not I tell you her death is to be tomorrow. You have no time to lose in asking questions. Make haste and take her my message." singing of the mass, she died, being about 33 years of age. robes or sheets, merely in the cilicium she had long worn, her head wrapped in a shabby old veil which had been given her by a nun who stayed at the monastery for a short time on a journey. rs afterwards, when St. Begga, the sister of Gertrude, obtained from Nivelle a few nuns well qualified to establish the new community at Anden, in the holy rule and practices observed by them, she received also the present of a piece of the saint's bed, which was placed in the new church as a holy relic, and resorted to for miraculous cures. It was soon covered with gold and set in a band of precious stones by its grateful votaries. pter of canons and canonesses. It was so rich in the 10th century as to have 14,000 families of vassals. immediately after her death, and a church was dedicated in her name by a woman she had brought up, namely, Agnes, the third abbess. ST. GUDULA is said to have been her relation and pupil. es and chronicles where her contemporaries are called by their worldly titles or simply by their names, Begga, Pepin, Itta, Arnulf, etc., Gertrude is never mentioned without some epithet of respect, such as saint, servant of God, virgin of Christ, most blessed woman, holy abbess, etc. racles were early spread over Germany. Her name is in the true Martyrology of Bede, and also in the metrical one attributed to him, and in that of Menard. It is not in the Martyrology of Ado, which is the Vetus Romanum, but it is in the additamenta to Ado, and in the present Roman Martyrology on March 17. c library of Rouen, her name is added to those in the canon of the mass. She is the most famous of eleven holy women of the same name honored by the Benedictines as belonging to their order. temporary biographer relates two anecdotes concerning her, the first of which she told him herself. One day when she was praying before the altar of St. Sixtus in her own church, a globe of fire appeared and hung over her head, to her great consternation, lighting up the whole place for about half an hour, and then returning whence it came. saved by her miraculous assistance. Some monks were at sea on business connected with the affairs of her monastery, when their lives were endangered by a sudden storm, and still further by the approach of an enormous whale. They were giving themselves up for lost, when the narrator called out three times in an agony of terror, "Gertrude, help us." At the third mention of the abbess name, the monster dived to the bottom of the sea, leaving the ship safely afloat, and the travelers all arrived happily in port the same night. m being the patron saint of travellers on earth, Gertrude was next supposed to entertain departed spirits at their first halt on their three days journey to Paradise; the second resting-place was with one of the archangels; and the third day brought them to the gates. As patron of souls, rats and mice became her emblems in German imagery, having from the most ancient times been regarded as typifying human souls. This life is given in full by Mabillon, Sec. ii. 464, and in part by Bouquet, iii. 517, De Dagoberto. She is also mentioned in almost all the biographies and chronicles of her time and country, which appear in the collections of Bouquet, Pertz, Duchesne, and Bollandus, particularly in the Life of B. Pepin, the duke, Bouquet, ii. 603, and AA.SS., Feb. 21, and that of St. Ultan, May 1, AA.SS. ern authorities: Baronus. Pertz, Merovingischen Hausmeyer. Butler, Baillet. Lanigan. McLaughlin, Irish Saints. of Austrasia, she replied that Jesus Christ alone would be her bridegroom. Later in her life, her mother appointed her as the abbess of the Monastery at Nivelles. Gertrude and her mother gave to St. Foillan and St. Ultan (Irish monks) a tract of land, on which they build a monastery. After her mother died, Gertrude, left the management of the monestary to other nuns so that she would be able to study The Sacred Scriptures. She used the property left by her mother to build other monasteries, churches, and hospices. When she was thirty-two, she became weakened by continually abstaining from food and sleep. She died during Holy Mass and was immediately venerated as a saint. She is a patron of travellers and is invoked against fever, rats, and mice (particularly field mice.)wkfood" is sick and not eating; so I looked up which saint is the patron of cats. Wouldn't you know, It's St. Gertrude of Nivelles, our own relative. St. Gertrude, please pray for Hawkfood to get well. Thank you! (Therese Bilodeau, January 28, 2008)eder, die inmiddels weduwe geworden was, de abdij van Nijvel, waar Gertrudis intrad en op 20-jarige leeftijd abdis werd.

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