Feast December 17
Saint Wivina
Religious · Feast December 17
Biography
Wivina (1103–1168) was a Benedictine abbess. Born in Oisy, France, she refused all offers of marriage, becoming, aged 23, a hermit 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.
Feast day
December 17
Birth date
1103
Death date
1168
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
12
Wikidata qid
Q1928912
Feast day of month
17