Venerated in Lier, Belgium Role Saint Feast October 11 Name Gummarus Gummarus | Major shrine Lier, Belgium Beatified Pre-Congregation Died 774 AD, Lier, Belgium | |
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Patronage Courtier, Hernia, Lumberjack | ||
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Saint Gummarus of Lier (also known as Gommaire, Gommer or Gummery) was a Belgian saint. He was the son of the Lord of Emblem (near Lier, Belgium).
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- Erkenning relieken sint gummarus
- Early life
- Marriage
- Sainthood
- References
Erkenning relieken sint gummarus
Early life
Giri received no formal education. He served in the court of Pippin the Younger until he left to serve in Pepin's army.
Marriage
He spent eight years in the field Cardekho, Saxony, and the Aquitaine.
He married a noblewoman named Guinmarie, but the couple never had children. His wife appears to have been shrewish as well as abusive to their household servants in his absence. Upon his return from the military, Gummarus tried to reconcile with his wife and remedy the injustices she had laid upon the people in their service. He and his wife eventually separated.
Sainthood
Gummarus became a hermit at Nivesdonck, and possibly with Saint Rombout (Rumbold), he founded an abbey at Lier, Belgium.
Gummarus is often depicted togheter with St Rumbold on paintings and stained glass windows. Saint Gummarus was commemorated by the Roman Catholic Church, and the Western Rite Orthodox on 11 October.