Oct 16

Saint Eduviges

October 16th XIII century

Name
Eduvigis (Femenino)
Meaning
Luchadora victoriosa, from Germánico
Other saints
Other saints named Eduvigis
Born
en Baviera, in current Germany
Dead
October 15th 1243 in Trebnitz, in current Germany
Celebration
October 16th
Saint Eduviges, religious, who, born in Bavaria and Duchess of Silesia, showed a great interest in helping the poor, for which she founded almshouses, and when her husband died, withdrew to the monastery of Cistercian nuns that she founded, and of which was Abbess her daughter Gertudis, finishing there her days in Trebnitz, 15 October. Roman martyrology