A lot of people seem to expect me to post pictures of St. Gertrude today since this is a cat account, but they're forgetting that this is also a history account and the association of Gertrude with cats is just a very recent internet thing! This wonderful lady is a photo from my collection. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #stgertrudesday #stgertrude You can read more about Gertrude here: https://uscatholic.org/articles/202003/how-st-gertrude-of-nivelles-became-the-cat-lady-of-the-catholic-church/

@GiantTourtiere Happy #StGertrudesDay to you, too! 😺🐈

If you've little affection for green beer and pretending to be Irish, this is my yearly reminder that today is also the feast day of St. Gertrude of Nivelles, a 7th century abbess who is patron of #gardeners and sufferers of mental illness, invoked for protection against mice, and more recently considered patron saint of #cats as well.

Happy #StGertrudesDay !

Remembering my brave boy Zhukov on the anniversary of his passing. Appropriate that it's also #stgertrudesday, the patron saint of cats. #catsofmastodon #cats #havanabrown #nomoa #rainbowbridge