Saint Hedwig of Silesia | |
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 Saint Hedwig of Silesia with Duke Louis I of Brzeg and Duchess Agnés, Hedwig Codex, Lubin, 1353 (now in the J. Paul Getty Museum, California[1]) | |
| Born | 1174 Andechs, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 15 October 1243 (aged 68–69) Trzebnica Abbey, Silesia, Kingdom of Poland |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 26 March 1267 by Pope Clement IV |
| Major shrine | Andechs Abbey and St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin |
| Feast | 16 October; moved to 20 October in Canada |
| Attributes | holding a church or a pair of shoes in her hands [2] |
| Patronage | Andechs Abbey, Brandenburg, Dioceses of Berlin and Görlitz, Kraków, Poland, Silesia,[3] its capital Wrocław, Trzebnica, orphans |
Hedwig of Silesia (also Hedwig of Andechs (German: Heilige Hedwig von Andechs, Polish: Święta Jadwiga Śląska, Latin: Hedvigis; 1174 – 15 October 1243), a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and of Greater Poland from 1231 as well as High Duchess consort of Poland from 1232 until 1238. She was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1267 by Pope Clement IV.
- ^ "Saint Hedwig of Silesia with Duke Ludwig I of Liegnitz and Brieg and Duchess Agnes", The J. Paul Getty Museum
- ^ Drake, Maurice and Drake, Wilfred. Saints and their Emblems, London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 1916, p.59
- ^ Knoblich, Augustin. Lebensgeschichte der heiligen Hedwig, Herzogin und Landespatronin von Schlesien. 1174-1243. Schletter, Breslau 1860 (Digitalisat)