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Gummarus

Belgian saint

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 11 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

717

Died

774

Beatified

—

not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Gummarus of Lier (also known as Gommaire, Gommer or Gummery) is a Belgian saint. He was the son of the Lord of Emblem (near Lier, Belgium). An official in the court of his relative Pepin the Younger or Pepin of Herstal according to some other sources, after a number of years in military service he retired to live the life of a hermit. The town of Lier grew up around his hermitage.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources

Wikidata Q1834624 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Gummarus (CC BY-SA)

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