About St. Gertrude
Gertrude of Nivelles
Feast Day: March 17
Patron of
• Cats & those who love them
• Travelers in Search of Lodging
• Gardeners • Hebalists
Invoked Against • Rodents • Fear of Rats & Mice • Fever
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For detailed information about St. Gertrude,
view her BIOGRAPHICAL SCROLL
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Learn more about Gertrude and her family at these links:
Biographical info from the Catholic Encyclopedia and from Wikipedia and from SQPN
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Why is St. Gertrude the Patron Saint of Cats?
Gertrude’s patronage of cats is most likely because water from her well, and bread baked in her oven, were believed to repel rodents....
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You’ll find all kinds of information pertaining to Gertrude on our Links page,
from fun to serious — a Kitchen Sink, as it were.
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Margery Mary Hawkins
My granmother’s name was Gertrude...I was confirmed in St Gertrude’s Catholic church
My friend Stanley, 17-y-o, developed heart trouble...died peacefully, in his own time, by the Aga at home. Buried by the grapevine in the garden.Vet saw him at home,...Stan was doing things in his own
way....
Trudy Bledsoe
Ah, so this explains it. My love of cats. My first name is a derivative of Gertrude. I was named after my mother’s infant sister who passed shortly after birth. But she went with the more modern version of the name – Trudy. So that is how I became the crazy cat lady. My name sealed my fate.
Julie Maleski
I LOVE this !!! Just found out about it...Thank you so much!!! I had a very sick cat, a couple of years ago, “Baby” had FIP, terminal...I prayed to St. Frances, God, the Angels, My loved ones in heaven. “Baby” lived around TWO YEARS !!! This is wonderful, Thanks for the hope that I am sending to my “FIP group” .