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Monday, December 23rd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Bl. Hadewych
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(HADEWIG, HEDWIG).
Prioress of the Premonstratensian convent of Mehre (Meer), near Büderich, in Rhenish Prussia; b. about 1150; d. 14 April, about the year 1200. She was a daughter of Hildegundis, with whom she founded the convent of Meer about 1165, and whom she succeeded as prioress at the convent in 1183. Her brother Herman was provost of the Premonstratensian monastery of Kappenberg, in the Diocese of Münster, from 1171-1210. She, as well as her mother and her brother, are counted among the Blessed.
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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Bl. Hadewych'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/bl-hadewych.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Bl. Hadewych'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/bl-hadewych.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
