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Dymphna
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English
Proper noun
en female Irish.
en Angus Chen For Centuries, A Small Town Has Embraced Strangers With Mental Illness w:NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/01/484083305/for-centuries-a-small-town-has-embraced-strangers-with-mental-illness 2016-07-01 According to legend, Dymphna was a 7th-century Irish princess who fled to Geel from a maddened father and devoted her life to serving the mentally disabled. https://web.archive.org/web/20170324205626/https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/01/484083305/for-centuries-a-small-town-has-embraced-strangers-with-mental-illness