Earlier this month, I mentioned St. Rocco for all the dog lovers. Here is one for the cat lovers: St. Gertrude of Nivelles (not to be confused with St. Gertrude the Great). After the death of her father, Gertrude and her mother entered religious life together, founding a monastery at Nivelles in present day Belgium. Gertrude was made abbess at the age of 26. Legend says that, upon learning that the monastery's grain supply was infested with mice, she eliminated the pests through the power of prayer - thus making her the patron saint of cats.
Her feast day is March 17.
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