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Saint Gudula was born in the pagus of Brabant (in present-day Belgium). According to her 11th-century biography (Vita Gudilae), written by a monk of the abbey of Hautmont between 1048 and 1051, she was the daughter of a duke of Lotharingia called Witger and Amalberga of Maubeuge. She died between 680 and 714.

depiction of Saint Gudula bearing a lantern which the demon endeavors to extinguish; from New York Public Library

Her name is connected to several places:

Moorsel (where she lived)
Brussels (where a chapter in her honour was founded in 1047)
Eibingen (where the relic of her skull is conserved).

In Brabant she is usually called Goedele or Goule; (Latin: Gudila, later Gudula, Dutch: Sinte Goedele, French: Sainte Gudule). (Full article...)
Attributes: depicted as a woman with lantern which the devil tries to blow out
Patronage: Brussels; single laywomen
See also: Apollinaris Claudius

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