Hadewych of Meer

Blessed

Hadewych

O.Praem.
Bornc. 1150
Germany
Died14 April, c. 1200
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church

Hadewych, O.Praem., (c. 1150 – 14 April, c. 1200) a.k.a. Hadewig or Hedwig, was abbess of the Premonstratensian monastery of Meer, (now part of Meerbusch) in modern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Life

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Hadewych was the daughter of Count Lothair of Meer and Hildegund. Her brother was Hermann Joseph. After her father's death, she accompanied her mother on a pilgrimage to Rome. Upon their return, about 1178, they both took religious vows as nuns and converted the family castle into a monastery. Hadewych became part of the community founded by her mother.[1] She succeeded her mother as abbess in 1183.[2]

Hadewych died on April 14, about the year 1200; devotion to her quickly spread among the Norbertine community.[3] She, as well as her mother and her brother, are venerated as "Blessed" by the Catholic church.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Alban Butler; Herbert Thurston; Donald Attwater (1981), "St Hildegund, Widow", Butler's Lives of the Saints (2nd ed.), Christian Classics
  2. ^ a b Ott, Michael. "Bl. Hadewych." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 22 October 2021Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Bl. Hadewych of Meer", Aleteia

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Bl. Hadewych". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.