SAINT
saint-hedwig-of-silesia
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Hedwig of Silesia, 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.
feast Day
10-16
patronages
- Andechs Abbey
- Brandenburg
- Dioceses of Berlin
- Görlitz
- Kraków
- Poland
- Silesia
- its capital Wrocław
- Trzebnica
- orphans
birth Date
1174
canonization Status
canonized
canonization Date
26 March 1267
canonized By
Pope Clement IV
feast Month
10
feast Day Of Month
16