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Saint Pharaildis or Pharailde () is an 8th-century Belgian virgin and patron saint of Ghent. Her dates are imprecise, but she lived to a great age and died on January 5 at ninety.

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It is catalogued under topics including 650s births, 740 deaths and 7th-century Christian nuns.

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Saint.name
Pharaildis
Saint.feast_day
4 January
Saint.image
Saint Pharaildis.jpg
Saint.birth_place
Ghent, Belgium
Saint.titles
Virgin
Saint.attributes
shown with a goose at her feet
Saint.patronage
Bruay, France; childhood diseases; difficult marriages; Ghent, Belgium; victims of abuse; widows

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date of birth
0650-01-01
date of death
0740-01-01
Commons category
Saint Pharaildis
name in native language
Pharaildis
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Saint Pharaildis or Pharailde () is an 8th-century Belgian virgin and patron saint of Ghent. Her dates are imprecise, but she lived to a great age and died on January 5 at ninety.

==Life== Pharaildis was born in Ghent, the daughter of Witger, Duke of Lorraine and his wife Amalberga of Maubeuge. Her siblings were: Emebert, Reineldis, Ermelindis and Gudula. Pharaildis was brought up by Gertrude of Nivelles.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pharaildis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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