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| '''Saint Hedwig of Andechs''' ({{lang-de|Hl. Hedwig von Andechs}} {{lang-pl|Święta Jadwiga Śląska}}, {{lang-la|Hedvigis}}, 1174 – ] ]) was a |
'''Saint Hedwig of Andechs''' ({{lang-de|Hl. Hedwig von Andechs}} {{lang-pl|Święta Jadwiga Śląska}}, {{lang-la|Hedvigis}}, 1174 – ] ]) was a saint, the daughter of ] and his wife Agnes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07189a.htm|title=St. Hedwig|work=] |accessdate=2007-02-18}}</ref> | ||
| ], around 1430, restored in 1929. Tempera on wood. ]. ]] | ], around 1430, restored in 1929. Tempera on wood. ]. ]] | ||
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| Saint Hedwig of Andechs | |
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 Statue of Saint Hedwig of Andechs in front of the Franciscan monastery in Panewniki, a district of Katowice, Poland | |
| Widow | |
| Born | 1174 Castle Andechs, Bavaria |
| Died | (1243-10-15)15 October 1243 Trzebnica (Trebnitz) |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 1267 |
| Major shrine | Andechs Abbey and St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin |
| Feast | 16 October |
| Patronage | of Andechs Abbey, Brandenburg, Berlin, Kraków, Poland, Silesia, its capital Wrocław, Trzebnica, the Diocese of Görlitz, orphaned children |
Saint Hedwig of Andechs (Template:Lang-de Template:Lang-pl, Template:Lang-la, 1174 – 15 October 1243) was a saint, the daughter of Berthold IV, Duke of Merania and his wife Agnes.
She was born at at Castle Andechs, Bavaria. One of her sisters married king Andrew II of Hungary, while another was abbess at the Benedictine convent of Lutzingen in Franconia, where Hedwig received her education.
At age 12, Hedwig married Henry I the Bearded of Silesia. In 1233 Henry also became Duke of Greater Poland. In 1238, upon his death, Henry was buried at the Cistercian convent of Trzebnica which he had founded in 1202 at Hedwig's request. The widow moved into the convent, which was led by one of her daughters. On 15 October 1243, she died and was buried there, while relics of her are preserved at Andechs Abbey.
Hedwig and Henry had a son, Henry II the Pious who in 1241 was killed by the Mongols in the battle of Legnica.
Hedwig and Henry had lived a very pious life, and Hedwig had great zeal for religion. She always helped the poor, went barefoot even in winter, and donated all her fortune to the Church and the poor. Hedwig died at Trzebnica, Silesia, in 1243. She was canonized in 1267.
In 1773 Frederick the Great built St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin, now the mother church of the Archdiocese of Berlin, for the Catholic immigrants from Silesia.
References
- Augustin Knoblich: Lebensgeschichte der heiligen Hedwig, Herzogin und Landespatronin von Schlesien. 1174-1243. Schletter, Breslau 1860 (Digitalisat)
- "St. Hedwig". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-02-18.