Gummarus

Saint Gummarus of Lier is a Belgian saint. He was the son of the Lord of Emblem. An official in the court of his relative Pepin the Younger or Pepin of Herstal according to some other sources, after a number of years in military service he retired to live the life of a hermit. The town of Lier grew up around his hermitage.

Patron saint of childless people; courtiers; cowherds; difficult marriages; glovers; hernia sufferers; separated spouses; woodcutters