Dymphna
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'Saint Dymphna was the daughter of a pagan Irish
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 king and his Christian
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 wife in the 7th century. She was murdered by her father. The story of St. Dymphna was first recorded in the thirteenth century by a canon of the Church of St. Aubert at Cambrai, commissioned by the Bishop of Cambrai, Guy I (1238–1247). The author expressly states that his writings were based upon a longstanding oral tradition and a persuasive history of inexplicable and miraculous healings of the mentally ill.
Dymphna was born in Ireland during the 7th century.
 
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