Wholesale St Gertrude of Nivelles Wooden Doll Ornament

Handmade original St Gertrude of Nivelles Wooden Doll Ornament. Perfect for the Christmas Tree. Bring out on her feast day or for a Novena. Gift for a birthday or sacrament (Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Holy Orders, Marriage) celebration. Teacher, priest, grandparent gift. Born in 626 in Nivelles (Belgium) to a wealthy noble family. Her father, Pepin I, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, arranged powerful marriages for his daughters (his oldest daughter’s son was Pepin II, Frankish Emperor) but at 10 she refused any marriage prospects, with Christ alone as her bridegroom. Her mother helped protect Gertrude and upon the advice of a bishop, she built a double monastery in Nivelles (one for men, one for women); after Pepin I died, her mother appointed her abbess at age 14.