Pharailde
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Saint Pharailde (8th century) is a Belgian saint in the west. Her dates are imprecise, but she lived to a great age and died on January 5 at ninety. She was the sister of Gudula and the niece of Gertrude of Nivelles. She was married for many years to an abusive man. When he died, she dedicated herself to charity.
Her feast day is January 5, and her feast, Fru Verelde, was a major festival in Ghent in the late 19th century (according to Acte de Pharailde 1882).
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- Engelbert, Omer. The Lives of the Saints. Christopher and Anne Fremantle, trans. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1998. Nihil obstat 1954.
