- The Nivelles abbey church which became the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude was devastated by the Vikings and rebuilt in the 11th and 13th centuries.
- But in 1261 Abbess Gertrude of Hackeborn, of the Benedictine abbey at Helfta in Saxony, admitted the child as a pupil in their school.
- – Who Was St Gertrude? Most of what’s known about Gertrude comes from her Vita Sanctae, the official Catholic biography produced to justify her worship.
- She made the very young Gertrude abbess, and lived as a nun in the abbey, where she could give Gertrude the benefit of her advice.
- And, in the summer of 2020, Saint Gertrude joined its brother school on the Benedictine Abbey campus, where the schools were once again in close proximity.
- Gertrude was raised in the Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary of Helfta, Eisleben, Saxony from age five.
- The small Beguinage was first mentioned in 1272. it was occupied by members of nearby st. Gertrude’s Abbey. ... Vlierbeek Abbey. >> st. gertrude’s.
- Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Gertrude: November 15. Description / Title of the Saint : Abbess. Date of Birth: Saint Gertrude was born 1263.
- Eclipsed by the more popular Saint Patrick, Gertrude of Nivelles is also celebrated today, a holy woman who somewhat inexplicably became the patron saint of cats.