Saint Berlinda
Saint Berlinda (also Belendis, Berlindis; died c. 702 AD in Meerbeke, Brabant, present-day Belgium) was a Flemish abbess and anchoress venerated in the region of Brabant. She is said to have lived first as an abbess of a community of women and then withdrawn to live as a solitary anchoress near Meerbeke (in present-day East Flanders). She is patroness of Meerbeke. Her feast day is February 3.
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| Saint Berlinda | |
|---|---|
| Feast Day | February 03 |
| Profession | Abbess; anchoress |
| Rel. Affiliation | Frankish Church; Brabant |
| Patronage | Meerbeke; East Flanders |
| Attributes | Abbess's crozier; anchoress's veil; ox (a traditional attribute in iconography) |
| Birthplace | Brabant, Belgium |
| Death Place | Meerbeke, East Flanders, Belgium |
| Cause of Death | Natural causes |
| Primary Shrine | Meerbeke, East Flanders, Belgium |
| Liturgical Class | Not included (universal calendar) |
| Historic Class | Not included |
Biography
Saint Berlinda was a Flemish woman of the seventh century who led a religious community of women as abbess before withdrawing to the life of a solitary anchoress near Meerbeke in Brabant. She is numbered among the many women saints of the Merovingian Low Countries—the same cultural and spiritual milieu that produced Saints Gertrude of Nivelles, Begga of Andenne, and the many abbesses of Frankish Belgium whose lives formed part of the aristocratic religious culture of the period. She died around 702 AD and was buried near Meerbeke, where her cult took root. She is the patroness of Meerbeke.
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Birth location: Brabant, Belgium
Death location: Meerbeke, East Flanders, Belgium
Notable location: Location of her anchorage and veneration; she is patroness of Meerbeke (Meerbeke, East Flanders, Belgium)
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Feast day
February 3
Veneration
Saint Berlinda is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church with a feast day on February 3, particularly in East Flanders and the Diocese of Ghent.
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