Gudula


Gudula of Brabant
From New York Public Library, MA 092, fol. 251, Haarlem Gradual of 1494, depiction of Saint Gudula bearing a lantern which the demon endeavors to extinguish
Bornc. 646
Pagus of Brabant
Died680–714
Hamme, Francia
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church[1]
Major shrineEibingen
St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral
Feast8 January, 19 January in the Diocese of Ghent
Attributesdepicted as a woman with lantern which the devil tries to blow out
PatronageBrussels, single, laywomen

Gudula of Brabant, also known as Saint Gudula (ca. 646–712), was a Christian saint who is venerated in Catholic and Orthodox churches. In Brabant, she is usually called Goedele or Goule; (Latin: Gudila, later Gudula; Dutch: Goedele; French: Gudule). Her name is connected to several places: Moorsel (where she lived), Brussels (where a chapter in her honour was founded in 1047) and Eibingen (where the relic of her skull is conserved).