Gudula was a 7th-century Christian saint born in the Brabant region of present-day Belgium. The daughter of a Lotharingian duke and Saint Amalberga, she was raised at Nivelles Abbey under the guidance of her godmother, Gertrude. Following her education, she lived in Moorsel, where she dedicated herself to religious devotion and providing alms to the poor. She died around 712 and was eventually interred in Hamme, though her remains were later moved to Brussels, where they became central to the city's religious identity.