Saint Pharaildis or Pharailde (Dutch: Veerle) is an 8th-century Belgian virgin and patron saint of Ghent. Her dates are imprecise, but she lived to a great age and died on January 5 at ninety.[3]
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^Engelbert, Omer. The Lives of the Saints. Christopher and Anne Fremantle, trans. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1998. Nihil obstat 1954.
Emebert, Reineldis, Ermelindis and Gudula. Pharaildis was brought up by Gertrude of Nivelles. Pharaildis was married against her will at a young age...
Lorraine. In her biography she is presented as the mother of five saints: Pharaildis, Emebert, Reineldis, Ermelindis and Gudula. Sometime after the birth of...
Aubert, Bishop of Cambrai (d. about 668). Gudula had two sisters, St. Pharaildis and St. Reineldis, and two brothers, Saint Emebertus and Ermelinde. Gudula...
His siblings include four other saints, Gudula, the martyred Reineldis, Pharaildis and Ermelindis. Emebert was possibly a missionary bishop who evangelized...
Veerle is a (mainly) Flemish and Dutch female given name, derived from Pharaildis or Pharailde, itself formed from Old Norse fara, "to travel", and hildr...
feast day: Angela of Foligno Elizabeth Ann Seton Ferréol of Uzès Mavilus Pharaildis of Ghent Rigobert January 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) The eleventh...
The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. Pharaildis Bavo of Ghent Livinus Stefaan-Andreas de Paula Fallot de Beaumont Henricus...
Maubeuge. Her brother Emebert was a priest in the diocese of Cambrai. Pharaildis, Gudula and Ermelinde were also her siblings. Her mother entered the religious...
Belgique (1598). In 1599 De Meyere was appointed provost of the church of St Pharaildis in Ghent. During his time in Ghent he became friendly with local poet...
Agilfrid, while returning from Rome, acquired and brought the relics of Pharaildis and Bavo of Ghent from Lotharingia to Saint Bavo's Abbey, where they remain...
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