Wivina (abbess)
French Roman Catholic saint
Saint Wivina | |
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A prayer card depicting St Wivina (Thijs Collection, University of Antwerp) | |
Born | 1103 Oisy, France |
Died | 1168 Groot-Bijgaarden, near Brussels, Belgium |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Feast | 17 December |
Wivina (1103–1168) was a Benedictine abbess. Born in Oisy, France, she refused all offers of marriage, becoming, aged 23, a hermitess at Groot-Bijgaarden, near Brussels. She later accepted land from Count Godfrey of Brabant on which she built a monastery, serving as its first abbess.[1]
References
- ^ St. Wivina profile at Catholic Online
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