Can you help? Information about Saints

[Miss_Primrose]

Hi! I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but I’m wondering if anyone could help me out with information about the saint St Hilda of Whitby, I know some stuff about her but not a lot and I’m interested in learning a bit more, she doesn’t seem to come up very often, is she a well known saint?

I’m also looking for information on the saint St Dympha, I know she is an Irish saint and she is patron saint of people with mental health issues but I’m wondering if anything else is known about her?

I would be very grateful for any help anyone is able to give me.

Thank you.

 

[His_helpmeet]

Hi! I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but I’m wondering if anyone could help me out with information about the saint St Hilda of Whitby, I know some stuff about her but not a lot and I’m interested in learning a bit more, she doesn’t seem to come up very often, is she a well known saint?

I’m also looking for information on the saint St Dympha, I know she is an Irish saint and she is patron saint of people with mental health issues but I’m wondering if anything else is known about her?

I would be very grateful for any help anyone is able to give me.

Thank you.

This is what I have read about her from children’s books about the saints:

Dymphna’s father became a widower when Dymphna was a young woman. He is thought to have suffered a mental illness as a result. He looked for a wealthy woman who resembled his wife to marry him. When none could be found, his advisors told him to marry his own daughter. Dymphna fled the house with the priest who was her confessor, St. Gerebran, and two other friends. Her father caught them in Belgium. He had the priest beheaded and ordered Dymphna to return to Ireland. When she refused, he drew his sword and beheaded her.

 

[pianistclare]

Hi! I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but I’m wondering if anyone could help me out with information about the saint St Hilda of Whitby, I know some stuff about her but not a lot and I’m interested in learning a bit more, she doesn’t seem to come up very often, is she a well known saint?

I’m also looking for information on the saint St Dympha, I know she is an Irish saint and she is patron saint of people with mental health issues but I’m wondering if anything else is known about her?

I would be very grateful for any help anyone is able to give me.

Thank you.

franciscanmissionassoc.org/prayer-requests/devotional-saints/st-dymphna/story/

newadvent.org/cathen/05221b.htm

 

[Don_Ruggero]

Hi! I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but I’m wondering if anyone could help me out with information about the saint St Hilda of Whitby, I know some stuff about her but not a lot and I’m interested in learning a bit more, she doesn’t seem to come up very often, is she a well known saint?

I would be very grateful for any help anyone is able to give me.

Thank you.

I have a great devotion to Saint Hilda of Whitby. I presume you have consulted the Ecclesiastical History of England by Saint Bede the Venerable? Chapter 23.

documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/0627-0735,_Beda_Venerabilis,_Ecclesiastical_History_Of_England,_EN.pdf

You might also find this of some interest as you continue your research:

english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/whitby-abbey/history/

 

[Miss_Primrose]

This is what I have read about her from children’s books about the saints:

Dymphna’s father became a widower when Dymphna was a young woman. He is thought to have suffered a mental illness as a result. He looked for a wealthy woman who resembled his wife to marry him. When none could be found, his advisors told him to marry his own daughter. Dymphna fled the house with the priest who was her confessor, St. Gerebran, and two other friends. Her father caught them in Belgium. He had the priest beheaded and ordered Dymphna to return to Ireland. When she refused, he drew his sword and beheaded her.

Thank you to everyone for your comments and for the information above, that sounds very gruesome.