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Lidwina (Lydwine, Lydwid, Lidwid, Liduina of Schiedam) (April 18, 1380 – April 14, 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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Key facts

Saint.honorific_prefix
Saint
Saint.name
Lidwina of Schiedam
Saint.birth_date
April 18, 1380
Saint.feast_day
April 14
Saint.venerated_in
Roman Catholic Church
Saint.image
Lidwinas fall.png
Saint.imagesize
250px
Saint.caption
''Lidwina's fall on the ice'', Wood drawing from the 1498 edition of John Brugman's Vita of Lidwina
Saint.birth_place
Schiedam, County of Holland,Holy Roman Empire
Saint.death_place
Schiedam, County of Holland,Holy Roman Empire
Saint.titles
Mystic
Saint.canonized_date
March 14, 1890
Saint.canonized_place
Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy
Saint.canonized_by
Pope Leo XIII
Saint.patronage
chronically ill, ice skaters, town of Schiedam
Saint.major_shrine
Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Place of birth
Schiedam
Place of death
Schiedam
Image
Liduina ijs.jpg
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date of death
1433-04-14
Commons category
Liduina van Schiedam
canonization status
Catholic saint
feast day
April 14
date of birth
1380-03-18
described by source
Wikitólica
place of burial
South Holland
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Life
  • Biographies
  • Veneration
  • Iconography
  • Lidwina and multiple sclerosis
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Lidwina (Lydwine, Lydwid, Lidwid, Liduina of Schiedam) (April 18, 1380 – April 14, 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.

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lidwina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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