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Bl. Hadewych
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(HADEWIG, HEDWIG).
Prioress of the Premonstratensian convent of Mehre (Meer), near Büderich, in Rhenish Prussia; b. about 1150; d. 14 April, about the year 1200. She was a daughter of Hildegundis, with whom she founded the convent of Meer about 1165, and whom she succeeded as prioress at the convent in 1183. Her brother Herman was provost of the Premonstratensian monastery of Kappenberg, in the Diocese of Münster, from 1171-1210. She, as well as her mother and her brother, are counted among the Blessed.
Source Record
- Author
- Ott, Michael
- Publication
- The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1910.
- Nihil Obstat
- Nihil Obstat. June 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.
- Imprimatur
- Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.