Lidwina
Dutch saint
Lidwina 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.
Lidwina is also thought to be one of the first documented cases of multiple... Wikipedia
Born: April 18, 1380, Schiedam, Netherlands
Died: April 14, 1433 (age 52 years), Schiedam, Netherlands
Canonized: March 14, 1890, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII
Major shrine: Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Lidwina was drawn towards the Mother of God and prayed a great deal before the miraculous image of Our Lady of Schiedam. During the winter of the year of 1395, ...
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