Saint Godelieve
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- Also known as
- Godaleva;
Godliva;
Godeleva of Ghistelles;
Godeliva;
Godelive;
Godeleine;
Godelva
- Memorial
- 6 July
- Profile
- Flemish nobility.
Daughter of Hemfried, Lord of Wierre-Effray.
Married to Bertulf of Ghistelles, a Flemish nobleman, who abandoned her before the wedding feast was over.
Abused by her in-laws, especially her mother-in-law; she was variously locked in a cell, starved, and subjected to assorted physical and mental abuse.
Her father threatened to turn the husband and in-laws over to state and Church authorities; Bertulf appeared to repent, Godelieve returned to him, and was soon after murdered.
Always a friend of the poor and sick, post-mortem miracles ascribed to her include restoration of sight to her step-daughter.
- Born
- 1049 at Londefort-lez-Boulogne
- Died
- murdered by drowning after being strangled into unconciousness by her mother-in-law's servants on 6 July 1070
- Patronage
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difficult marriages,
healthy throats,
in-law problems,
throat diseases,
victims of abuse,
victims of verbal spouse abuse
- Representation
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young woman with a rope;
young woman with a rope around her neck;
young woman with four crowns;
woman strangled with a handkerchief
- Additional Information
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Google Directory
Catholic Encyclopedia, by F M Rudge
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
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