Hildegund
Praemonstratension abbess
Feast: 6 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Hildegund (c. 1130–1183) was a Praemonstratensian abbess. Born to nobility, her father was Count Herman of Lidtberg and her mother Countess Hedwig. She was married to Count Lothair of Meer (now Meerbusch), in the modern region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Together they had three children, one of whom did not survive into adulthood.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Hadewych of Meer Blessed Child
- Hermann Joseph Saint“At the age of twelve, her son Hermann Joseph was sent to the Premonstratensians (Norbertine) at Steinfeld Abbey, who sent him to the Netherlands to study.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q1479733 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hildegund (widow) (CC BY-SA)
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