Gudula
Sign in to saveGudula of Brabant, also known as Saint Gudula (ca. 646–712), was a Christian saint who is venerated in Catholic and Orthodox churches. In Brabant, she is usually called Goedele or Goule; (, later ''''; ; ). Her name is connected to several places: Moorsel (where she lived), Brussels (where a chapter in her honour was founded in 1047) and Eibingen (where the relic of her skull is conserved).
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- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Gudula of Brabant
- Saint.death_date
- 680–714
- Saint.feast_day
- 8 January, 19 January in the Diocese of Ghent
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- Gudula.jpg
- Saint.caption
- From New York Public Library, MA 092, fol. 251, Haarlem Gradual of 1494, depiction of Saint Gudula bearing a lantern which the demon endeavors to extinguish
- Saint.birth_place
- Pagus of Brabant
- Saint.death_place
- Hamme, Francia
- Saint.canonized_place
- Pre-Congregation
- Saint.attributes
- depicted as a woman with lantern which the devil tries to blow out
- Saint.patronage
- Brussels, single, laywomen
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 646
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Aalst
- Place of death
- Hamme
- Mother
- Amalberga of Maubeuge
- Occupation
- religious
- Image
- Goedele.jpg
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Gudula of Brabant, also known as Saint Gudula (ca. 646–712), was a Christian saint who is venerated in Catholic and Orthodox churches. In Brabant, she is usually called Goedele or Goule; (, later ''''; ; ). Her name is connected to several places: Moorsel (where she lived), Brussels (where a chapter in her honour was founded in 1047) and Eibingen (where the relic of her skull is conserved).
==Life== Gudula was born around 646 in the pagus of Brabant (in present-day Belgium). According to her 11th-century biography (Vita Gudilae), written by Onulfus of Hautmont, a monk of Hautmont Abbey between 1048 and 1051, she was the daughter of a duke of Lotharingia called Witger and Saint Amalberga. Her mother embraced the religious life in Maubeuge Abbey. Gudula had three sisters, Saint Pharaildis, Saint Reineldis and Saint Ermelinde, and one brother, Saint Emebertus. She received the veil from the hands of Saint Aubert, Bishop of Cambrai (d. about 668).