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[[Image:Stdymph.jpg|right|thumb|The holy and glorious Virgin-martyr Dymphna]]The holy and glorious Virgin-[[martyr]] '''Dymphna''' (also known as ''Dimpna'' or ''Dympna (Dymphna'' and may be synonymous with the Irish Ss. Davets and Damhnait, Damhnade) was a 7th-century Celtic [[saint]] who died circa 650. The church commemorates her [[feast day]] [[May 15. Died c.650]] and she is the [[patron saint]] of those who suffer from mental illnesses and nervous system disorders, epileptics, mental health professionals, incest victims, and runaways.
Born in Ireland, tradition holds that she was the daughter of a pagan Irish King and his Christian wife. When she was only fourteen, her mother passed away. Her father driven mad by grief and mental illness started to make awkward sexual advances towards her. She was forced to flee to Belgium accompanied by her confessor [[priest|father]], St. [[Gerebernus]]. Her father, Damon, sent soldiers and eventually found them. Confronting them at Gheel, he ordered his soldiers to slay Gerebernus and begged Dymphna to return with him to Ireland. When she refused, he decapitated her in a rage. Locals later buried the two bodies. A few years later, they decided to make a better burial site and found two tombs where they had buried them.
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==External LinksSource==* [http://enorthodoxengland.wikipediaorg.org/wikiuk/saintsd.htm Orthodox Europe: Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome] ==External links==*[[w:Saint_Dymphna |''Saint Dymphna'' at Wikipedia]]. (Wikipedia).* [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0515.htm#dymp Dympna of Gheel]. St. Patrick [[Roman Catholic |Catholic]] Church. [[Category:Martyrs]][[Category:Saints]][[Category:Saints of the British Isles]][[Category:Pre-Schism Western Saints]][[Category:Wonderworkers]][[Category:7th-century saints]]