The story of St.Gertrude, patron saint of cats
Do you know that today, the 17th of March, is the day of St.Gertrude of Nivelles, patron saint of cats?
Here we are, St.Gertrude herself and cats Zarathustra, David Bowie, and Tyger Blake captured in stained glass:
St.Gertrude and Cats stained glass
“Dear patron saint, do you have enough shrimpies for your angel?”
St.Gertrude and cats stained glass, left upper detail
“Dear patron saint, why my bro always thinks about shrimps and other lofty matters, and don’t want to play with me?”
St.Gertrude and cats stained glass, right upper detail
“Dear patron saint, pleeez, send to my brothers all that they want, and something exciting to me, for being a good boy! Maybe …. a birdie, ekkekekek?”
St.Gertrude and Cats stained glass, lower part
And do you know that previously St Gertrude of Nivelles was usually pictured with a lot of mice around?
Here you see the reason for it:
St. Gertrude de Nivelles with the Cat and mice, from the Hours of Cardinal Albrecht, Carnegie Museum of Art
But once We woke up, and no more mice at St.Gertrude icons.
Thus speaks Zarathustra the Cat
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