Through her sister Gertrude, she was the aunt of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.

The characteristics they shared with many Merovingian female saints may be mentioned: Regenulfa of Incourt, a 7th-century virgin in French-speaking Brabant of the ancestral line of the dukes of Brabant fled from a proposal of marriage to live isolated in the forest, where a curative spring sprang forth at her touch ; Ermelindis of Meldert, a 6th-century virgin related to Pepin I, inhabited several isolated villas ; Begga of Andenne, the mother of Pepin II, founded seven churches in Andenne during her widowhood ; the purely legendary " Oda of Amay " was drawn into the Carolingian line by spurious genealogy in her 13th-century vita, which made her the mother of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, but she has been identified with the historical Saint Chrodoara ; finally, the widely-venerated Gertrude of Nivelles, sister of Begga in the Carolingian ancestry, was abbess of a nunnery established by her mother.

* March 17 – Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, abbess

Besides these buildings which were part of the official structures of the bishopric ; an additional four parish churches were constructed in the city: the Jacobikerk ( dedicated to Saint James ), founded in the 11th century, with the current Gothic church dating back to the 14th century ; the Buurkerk ( Neighbourhood-church ) of the 11th century parish in the centre of the city ; Nicolaichurch ( dedicated to Saint Nicholas ), from the 12th century and the 13th century Geertekerk ( dedicated to Saint Gertrude of Nivelles ).

Gertrude and Alice's summer of 1908 is memorialized in images of the two of them in Venice, at the piazza in front of Saint Mark's.

The Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude in Nivelles

Piétrain is a breed of domestic pig taking its name from Piétrain, a little village of Jodoigne in Walloon Brabant, and the most important town of this province is Nivelles with its Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude and its westwork.

The city, named after Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, received city rights in 1213 from the count of Holland.

Geertruidenberg is named after Saint Gertrude of Nivelles.

In the early Middle Ages, Molenbeek was known for its miraculous well of Saint Gertrude, which attracted thousands of pilgrims.

Its Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude has been classified as a Major Heritage of Wallonia.

Nave of Saint Gertrude

* The collegiate church of Saint Gertrude, patron saint of the city, dates from the 11th to the 13th century and is one of the best examples of Romanesque style in Belgium.

* Nivelles also has an archaeological museum, which complements the visit at Saint Gertrude.

The Roman Catholic Church formerly marked the feast of Saint Margaret of Scotland on 10 June, because the feast of " Saint Gertrude, Virgin " was already celebrated on 16 November, but in Scotland, she was venerated on 16 November, the day of her death.

Dolan serves Saint Gertrude the Great Roman Catholic Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as in sedevacantist communities in the United States, Mexico and Europe.

* Saint Gertrude Church ( original German name: Gertrudkirche )-built in Scandinavian style, first mentioned in 1497, built in Scandinavian Style on the little hill Kopfberg outside of the city walls.

The Roman Catholic parish and church are named after Saint Gertrude.

The Saint Gertrude church, with three naves, is built in brick in 1848.

* Saint Gertrude High School, Richmond

Saint Gertrude may refer to:

The ninth-century vita of Saint Foillan mentions " the forest, next to the abbey of Saint Gertrude, called the Sonesian " In the sixteenth century it was still seven leagues in circumference.

Formerly the forest held the Abbey of Saint Foillan not far from Nivelles.

After the death of her father in 640, her mother Itta, following the advice of Saint Amand, Bishop of Maestricht, erected a double monastery at Nivelles.

* Ermentrude, died at the age of two or three ; buried in the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude in Nivelles, Belgium.

* Saint Iduberga, foundress of Nivelles ( Nijvel ), ( Neth.

* Former abbey church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles

* Samson Portal, Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles

Saint Balthild of Ascania (;, " bold sword " or " bold spear "; c. 626 – January 30, 680 ), also called Bathilda, Baudour, or Bauthieult, was the wife and queen of Clovis II, king of Burgundy and Neustria ( 639 – 658 ).

* St George's Day Patron Saint Celebration ( England, Europe ) – April 23

* 1327 – The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.

* 1830 – The Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others at Fayette or Manchester, New York.

* 1967 – Sarah Cracknell, English singer ( Saint Etienne )

* 1711 – Ships from British Admiral Hovenden Walker's Quebec Expedition founders on rocks at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River.

* 1875 – The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.

* 1845 – The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Saint Joseph, Abbot of Volokolamsk ( 1439 – 1515 ), wrote a number of influential works against heresy, and about monastic and liturgical discipline, and Christian philanthropy.

* 1664 – The Ottoman Empire is defeated in the Battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.

* 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer ( d. 2008 )

* 1031 – Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.

For a time he took into his family the young student Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam ( 1813 – 1853 ), one of the founders of the Conference of Charity, later known as the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.

Aurelius Ambrosius, better known in English as Saint Ambrose ( c. 330 – 4 April 397 ), was an archbishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century.

* 1946 – Susan Saint James, American actress

* 1534 – Saint Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.

* 1549 – Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima ( Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549 ).

* 1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

* 1768 – Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

In the list of popes given in the Holy See's annual directory, Annuario Pontificio, the following note is attached to the name of Pope Leo VIII ( 963 – 965 ): At this point, as again in the mid-eleventh century, we come across elections in which problems of harmonising historical criteria and those of theology and canon law make it impossible to decide clearly which side possessed the legitimacy whose factual existence guarantees the unbroken lawful succession of the successors of Saint Peter.

* 1912 – Pravda, the " voice " of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.

* Saint Anastasius – a martyr under Nero

* Saint Anastasius the Fuller – martyr ( d. 304 )

* Saint Anastasius of Persia – Persian martyr ( d. 628 )

* Saint Anastasius of Pavia – bishop of Pavia ( d. 628 )