St Gertrude of Nivelles is the Patron Saint of Cats, though there’s no single story to link St Gertrude to cats. It has been confirmed though that she and her nuns kept cats in order to control a rodent population. Some accounts say she prayed for the mice to go away, and because of the mouse exodus she was referred to as the patroness of cat lovers. St. Gertrude is often depicted with a cat close by.
A prayer to St. Gertrude, Patron Saint of Cats:
- St Gertrude of Nivelles, ask you I pray
- Safeguard my kitties, this and each day
- Defend them from those who might wish them harm
- Keep them at home, safe from danger and storm
- Instill in me wisdom to care for them well
- Pray, fill me with strength never to yell
- And Gertrude, a last thing I beseech from thee
- Protect my sofa from claws and my carpets from pee
- Amen
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