Lidwina
Sign in to saveLidwina (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.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1954
- Died
- 1433-04-14
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Recht und Gesetz in j©ơdisch-christlich-muslimischer Perspektive ; V. Interreligi©œse Sommeruniversit©Þt 2005
- Ein Jahr Zuwanderungsgesetz
- Recht, Religion, Politik
- Wie kann Gestern morgen besser werden?
- Das Fingierte Geschlecht
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- 1
- Total plays
- 129
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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
Key dates
- Born
- 18 March 1380
- Died
- 14 April 1433
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- P411
- Catholic saint
- P841
- April 14
- P1343
- Wikitólica
- P119
- South Holland
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- Lidwina and multiple sclerosis
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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.
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.
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1380 births1433 deaths14th-century Christian saints15th-century Christian saints15th-century women from the Holy Roman EmpireChristian female saints of the Middle AgesDutch Roman Catholic saintsMedieval Dutch saintsMedieval Dutch womenPeople from SchiedamPeople from the County of HollandRoman Catholic mystics