Gummarus
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thumbnail|Reliquary in Lier Saint Gummarus of Lier (also known as Gommaire, Gommer or Gummery) is a Belgian saint. He was the son of the Lord of Emblem (near Lier, Belgium). 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.
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Key facts
- Saint.name
- Gummarus
- Saint.birth_date
- 717
- Saint.death_date
- 774 or 714
- Saint.feast_day
- October 11
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- Sint Gommaar (cropped).png
- Saint.imagesize
- 200px
- Saint.birth_place
- Around Brabant, Austrasia, Kingdom of the Franks
- Saint.death_place
- Carolingian Empire
- Saint.beatified_date
- Pre-Congregation
- Saint.patronage
- childless people, courtiers, cowherds, difficult marriages, glovers, hernia sufferers, separated spouses, woodcutters
- Saint.major_shrine
- Lier, Belgium
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thumbnail|Reliquary in Lier Saint Gummarus of Lier (also known as Gommaire, Gommer or Gummery) is a Belgian saint. He was the son of the Lord of Emblem (near Lier, Belgium). 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.
==Life== Gummarus was a native of Emblehem, referring to an area including Lier and not just the town of Emblem, in Brabant, and a relative of Pippin the Younger, who called him to his court and entrusted him with important offices. The king arranged a marriage between Gummarus and a wealthy noblewoman named Guinmarie, extravagant and haughty. His wife appears to have been shrewish as well as abusive to their household servants in his absence. They had no children.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gummarus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.