| Gummarus | |
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| Born | 717, Brabant, Belgium |
| Died | 774 |
| Beatified | Pre-Congregation |
| Feast | October 11 |
| Patronage | childless people, courtiers, cowherds, difficult marriages, glove makers, hernia sufferers, separated spouses, woodcutters |
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Saint Gummarus (also known as Gommaire, or Gommer) was the son of the Lord of Emblem. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Beatification (from Latin beatus, blessed via Greek μακάριος makarios) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic church The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints The patron saint of a particular group of people is a Saint who would protect and 'love' the group and its members A courtier is a person who attends the court of a Monarch or other powerful person. A cowboy is an animal Herder who tends Cattle on Ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback and often performs a multitude of A hernia is a protrusion of a tissue, structure or part of an organ through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained Legal separation (sometimes "separate maintenance" " divorce a mensa et thoro," or "divorce from bed-and-board" is a possible step towards A lumberjack or logger is a man who harvests lumber The term lumberjack is somewhat archaic having been mostly replaced by logger. He received no formal education, but served in the court of Pippin the Younger until he left to serve in Pepin's army, serving eight years in the field in Lombardy, Saxony, and the Aquitaine. Pepin or Pippin (714 &ndash 24 September 768) called the Short, and often known as Pepin the Younger or Pepin III, was Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen ˈzaksən Swobodny Stat Sakska is the easternmost federal state of Germany. Aquitaine (Aquitània Akitania archaic Guyenne / Guienne (Occitan Guiana) is one of the 26 Regions of France, in the south-western part of
He married a noblewoman named Guinmarie with whom he had no children. His wife appears to have been shrewish, as well as abusive to their household servants in his absence. Upon his return from the military, Gummarus tried to reconcile with his wife, and make good of the injustices she had lain upon the people in their service. He and his wife, however, eventually separated.
Gummarus became a hermit at Nivesdonck, and with Saint Rombout (Rumbold) he founded an abbey at Lier, Belgium. A hermit (from the Greek ἔρημος erēmos, signifying " Desert " "uninhabited" hence "desert-dweller" adjective "eremitic" See also St Rumwold Saint Rumbold (alternatively spelled Rumold Romuold Rumoldus Rombout Rombaut was an Hiberno-Scottish missionary, and close Lier (Lierre is a Municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp.
Saint Gummarus is commemorated by the Roman Catholic Church, and the Western Rite Orthodox on 11 October. Western Rite Orthodoxy or Western Orthodoxy or Orthodox Western Rite are terms used to describe congregations and groups which are in communion with Eastern
See also
References
- Catholic-Forum Saints Calendar
- Catholic-Online Calendar of Saints
- Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
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