Detail of An Antique Holy Card of Saint Gudule of Brussels Date And Artist Unknown

Saint Gudule of Brussels

Also known as: Ergoule; Goedele; Goelen; Gould; Goule; Gudula

Saint

Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

8 January; 19 January in the diocese of Hamme and Moorsel

Born

C.time-line-650 in Hamme, Brabant (in modern Belgium)

Died

8 January 712 at Hamme, Brabant (Belgium) of natural causes; buried in front of the church door in her hometown of Hamme; relics translated to Moorsel, Belgium relics translated to the church of Saint Gery in Brussels in 978 relics translated to the collegiate church of Saint Michel (later Sainte Gudule) in Brussels in 1047 relics destroyed by Calvinists on 6 June 1579 ; relics translated to the church of Saint Gery in Brussels in 978; relics translated to the collegiate church of Saint Michel (later Sainte Gudule) in Brussels in 1047; relics destroyed by Calvinists on 6 June 1579

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

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Biography

In the heart of Brabant, amidst the turbulent rise of the Frankish nobility, a light shone that would eventually guide the destiny of Brussels. This luminous figure is Gudule, whose profound piety and miraculous endurance secured her place as the patron saint of the city. Her story is one of noble birth dedicated to the divine, marked by a spiritual resilience that even the forces of darkness could not extinguish.