There is an ancient custom of asking for the intercession of Saint Austreberta, considered a protector against earthquakes, because she rescued people from the rubble during a strong earthquake.
On 10 February the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of Saint Austreberta. She was born in France around the year 603. Her mother was Saint Framechidis, and from a young age, she gave herself to Christ with a vow of chastity.
Her family arranged a marriage for her that she did not want, so she ran away with her brother and turned to Saint Audomar, Bishop of Thérouanne, who put the “veil of the virgins” on her and returned her to her home as “preserved “for God.
Her parents founded a monastery and Saint Austreberta decided to enter only as a “legal” sister, that is, to serve without high positions and in manual matters.
However, her life of faith and good works were so evident that the sisters chose her as prioress and the later mother superior of another convent.
Among his best-known miracles is eating poisoned food without anything happening to him. He is even told that he tamed a wolf with the sign of the cross to do the work of a donkey.
But the most prodigious event happened in an earthquake. Saint Austreberta urged the nuns to stay in the church and she went to rescue some novices who were trapped in the rubble.
A sister had passed away, so the saint implored God and the woman miraculously came back to life.
Since then it is considered a protector against earthquakes and poisoning.