Gertrude of Nivelles
Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB (c. 628 – 17 March 659) was an abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium. She is venerated in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions.
Patron saint of Geertruidenberg; gardeners; pilgrims; poor people; widows; cats; against rats, mice and pestilence
In the Martyrology
- March 17 Saint Gertrude, abbess of Nivelles