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Hadewych of Meer
Premonstratensian abbess (c. 1150–1200)
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Born
1150
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Died
14 April 1200
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Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Hadewych, daughter of Hildegundis, founded with her mother the Premonstratensian convent of Meer near Büderich about 1165, and succeeded her as prioress in 1183.
She died on 14 April, about 1200. She, her mother and her brother Herman are all counted among the Blessed.
The miracles
She is honoured as Blessed by long-standing veneration; the Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe a formal cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A foundress and prioress from a family of the Blessed.
Connected on this site
- Hildegund Blessed Parent, Mother
Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Hadewych
- Wikidata Q16840739 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hadewych of Meer (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.