Saint Hedwig of Silesia
Patron of Andechs Abbey, Brandenburg, Dioceses of Berlin, Görlitz, Kraków, Poland, Silesia, its capital Wrocław, Trzebnica, orphans
Feast day: October 16
Born 1174
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.
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