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Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. DIMF-nə(English)

Meaning & History

Form of Damhnait. According to legend, Saint Dymphna was a young 7th-century woman from Ireland who was martyred by her father in the Belgian town of Geel. She is the patron saint of the mentally ill.