Dymphna[6] (also Dimpna, Dymfna, Dimfna, Dympna and Dympha, Irish also Damhnait or Davnet) is a Christian saint honoured in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. [7][8] According to tradition, she lived in the 7th century and was martyred by her father.

Saint Dymphna is the patroness of those suffering nervous and mental afflictions as well as victims of incest. Traditionally, Saint Dymphna is often portrayed with a crown on her head, dressed in royal robes, and holding a sword.

St. Dymphna (born 7th century?, Ireland—died, Geel, Belgium; feast day May 15) was an Irish virgin martyr who is revered as the patron saint of people with mental disorders and epilepsy and victims of incest.

In the town of Gheel, in the Flemish-speaking region of Belgium, great honor is paid to St. Dymphna, whose body is preserved in a silver reliquary in the church which bears her name. Gheel has long been known as a place of pilgrimage for persons seeking relief or nervous or emotional distresses.

2020年6月20日 · St. Dymphna is honored as the patron saint of anxiety, stress, mental disorders, depression, and other neurological disorders. She is also invoked as the patron saint of runaways and survivors of incest and sexual assault.

2021年4月5日 · Saint Dymphna is the patroness of those suffering nervous and mental afflictions as well as victims of incest. Traditionally, Saint Dymphna is often portrayed with a crown on her head, dressed in royal robes, and holding a sword.

ST. DYMPHNA (Also known as Dympna and Dimpna). Feast: May 15. Virgin and martyr. The earliest historical account of the veneration of St. Dymphna dates from the middle of the thirteenth century.

2006年6月27日 · Saint Dymphna is represented in Catholic art as a princess holding a sword, and often with a fettered demon at her feet. She is the patroness of runaways, diabolic possessions, asylums, and mental health workers; and she is invoked against epilepsy, sleepwalking, and …

2017年5月15日 · St. Dymphna, a devout Christian girl, refused to do such a wicked thing as marry her father. She resisted her father's advances and courageously fled Ireland with her confessor, St. Gerebernus, and a couple of servants into Belgium.

2017年5月15日 · St. Dymphna was martyred by her own Father, a Celtic chieftain. Dymphna is the patron saint of those suffering from mental and emotional illnesses, and sometimes referred to as the Patroness of Abuse and Incest Victims.