Lidwina
Dutch mystic (1380-1433) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lidwina (Lydwine, Lydwid, Lidwid, Liduina of Schiedam) (1380–1433) was a Dutch mystic who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. She is the patroness saint of the town of Schiedam, of chronic pain, and of ice skating.
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Lidwina of Schiedam | |
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Mystic | |
Born | April 18, 1380 Schiedam, County of Holland, Holy Roman Empire |
Died | April 14, 1433(1433-04-14) (aged 52) Schiedam, County of Holland, Holy Roman Empire |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Canonized | March 14, 1890, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII |
Major shrine | Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands |
Feast | April 14 |
Patronage | chronically ill, ice skaters, town of Schiedam |
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Lidwina is also thought to be one of the first documented cases of multiple sclerosis. At the age of fifteen, she suffered a serious injury while ice skating and became progressively disabled. Hendrik Mande wrote for her consolation a pious tract in Dutch. She fasted frequently and acquired a reputation as a healer and holy woman. Upon her death in 1433, her grave became a place of pilgrimage.