Gummarus

Gummarus
Born 717
Around Brabant, Austrasia, Kingdom of the Franks
Died 774
Carolingian Empire
Venerated in Lier, Belgium
Beatified Previous Congregation
Major shrine Lier, Belgium
Feast October 11
Patronage childless people, courtiers, cowherds, difficult marriages, glove makers, hernia sufferers, separated spouses, woodcutters
Saint Rumbold meets Saint Gummarus, Cathedral of Mechelen
Reliquary in Lier

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).

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.

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