Saint Amalburga
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- Also known as
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Amalberga
Amalia
Amelia
- Memorial
- 10 July
- Profile
- Seventh century relative of Blessed Pepin of Landin.
Married early to Count Witger.
Mother of Saint Gudula, Saint Emebert, and Saint Reineldis, all of whom she taught herself, including religion.
When the youngest was grown, both Amalburga and her husband retired to Benedictine monasteries, the Count to Lobbes, Amalburga to Maubeuge where she embraced a life of asceticism and prayer.
Received the veil from Saint Willibrord.
She once crossed a lake on a giant sturgeon, which led to her representation on or with a fish.
- Born
- at Brabant
- Died
- 690;
buried beside her husband at the Lobbes monastery, her relics have been in Saint Peter's abbey church in Ghent, Belgium since 1073
- Patronage
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against arm pain
against bruises
against fever
fever victims
Ghent, Belgium
- Representation
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holding a palm and open book
with a crown at her feet
standing on a giant sturgeon or other fish
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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