- St. Gertrude was born on the Feast of the Epiphany 1256. It is speculated that she was offered as a child oblate to the Church by devout parents.
- Itta founded Nivelles Abbey and installed Gertrude as abbess in 639. Gertrude was a mystic, gifted with visions. She befriended the Irish saints Foillian and Ultan.
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- But in 1261 Abbess Gertrude of Hackeborn, of the Benedictine abbey at Helfta in Saxony, admitted the child as a pupil in their school.
- 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.
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- The following year she was obliged to take charge of the monastery at Helfta, to which she moved with her nuns. St. Gertrude had enjoyed a good education.
- Gertrude and Itta then travelled to Nivelles and established the Abbey of Nivelles, which served as a Benedictine nunnery.
- Next to the abbey, you can find the small Beguinage. The park of st. Gertrude’s Abbey is a hidden green gem with different old and valuable trees.
- Feastday: November 16. Patron of the West Indies 1256 – 1302. Early Life: St. Gertrude, Patroness of the West Indies was born at Eisleben in Saxony.