Category:Saint Hedwig of Silesia

Saint Hedwig of Andechs (German: Hl. Hedwig von Andechs) or Saint Hedwig of Silesia (Polish: Święta Jadwiga Śląska, Latin: Hedvigis) (1174 – 15 October 1243).

Born: 1174 - Andechs Castle, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire Died: 15 October 1243 in Trzebnica Abbey, Silesia, Poland Canonized: 26 March 1267 by Pope Clement IV Major shrine: Andechs Abbey and St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin Feast: October 16 Patron Saint of: Andechs Abbey, Brandenburg, Berlin, Kraków, Poland, Silesia, its capital Wrocław, Trzebnica, the Diocese of Görlitz, orphaned children