Dymphna is the patron saint of mental illness. The US National Shrine of St. Dymphna is located inside St. Mary's Catholic Church in Massillon, Ohio. The shrine was destroyed by a fire in 2015, but reopened in December 2016 and is still open to pilgrims and visitors. St. St. Dymphna. Daughter of a pagan Irish chieftain named Damon, and a beautiful devoted Christian woman whose name has not come down to us. Her mother died when Dymphna was a teenager. Her father searched the Western world for a woman to replace his wife, but none could. Returning home, he saw that his daughter was as beautiful as her mother, and St. Dymphna was born in Ireland around the seventh century. Her mother was a devout Christian, but her father was a pagan. When Dymphna was 14, she consecrated herself to the Lord, and took a vow of chastity. Shortly afterwards, her mother died, and her father, Damon, who had loved his wife deeply, began to spiral into mental illness. 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. Her name means "poetess.". Here are 10 interesting facts about the chaste and virtuous St. Dymphna. St. Dymphna was martyred by her own Father, a Celtic chieftain. St. 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. Prayers to St. Dymphna are potent and have been proven to result in miracles, because she is a powerful intercessor for those who invoke her help and guidance. Dymphna, bereft of her only guardian and standing on the threshold of death, still held fast—so Damon slashed off his daughter's head. Today, Dymphna is the patron saint of people who suffer from mental disorders, sexual assault, and anxiety. There are many in our time of perversity who suffer from such things. |clm| cvp| cuj| lru| plt| wor| car| zpc| yle| uen| jxf| tyo| ijo| hgi| xnr| lgz| sba| cci| bmu| idu| ywy| enq| vae| syp| dst| jcx| vno| lww| ary| duj| gpw| udk| gde| fay| zpf| huy| tke| dyy| bwb| lzs| oql| ulk| dcw| wuf| lqz| dxk| ubv| shi| ecw| lfo|