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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 ==Life==The story of St. Dymphna has been preserved in Ireland, she was forced to flee to Belgium accompanied a thirteenth century life written by a priest, canon of the Church of [[w:Aubert of Avranches|St Gerebern. Their relics were discovered Aubert]] at Gheel near Antwerp in Cambrai and commissioned by the thirteenth centuryBishop of Cambrai, Guy I (1238-1247). The author expressly states that his work is based upon oral tradition and a persuasive history of inexplicable and miraculous healings.<ref>[http://www.saintsmaryandmarthaorthodoxmonastery.org/newsletter_Jan2006. Since then numberless cases html Saint Dymphna Wonderworker of mental illness have been healed at their shrineGheel, May 15th]. Saints Mary and Martha Monastery, Wagener, S.C.. Newsletter, January 2006. </ref>
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.
==References==Orthodox Europe: Their [http://orthodoxengland[relics]] were discovered at Gheel near Antwerp in the thirteenth century.orgThe burial place of Dymphna has long been associated with accounts of miraculous cures of mental illness.uk/saintsd.htm Latin Saints of An infirmary was built there in the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]13th-century and to this day Gheel hosts a world-class sanatorium.
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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]]

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