< Portal:Catholic Church < Patron Archive
Portal:Catholic Church/Patron Archive/April 14
Lidwina (Lydwine, Lydwid, Lidwid, Liduina of Schiedam) (1380–1433) was a Dutch mystic who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. She is the patron saint of the town of Schiedam, of chronic pain, and of ice skating.
![idwina's fall on the Ice, Wood drawing from the 1498 edition of John Brugman's Vita of Lidwina](../../../I/Lidwinas_fall.png.webp)
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. (Full article...)
Attributes: -
Patronage: chronically ill, ice skaters, town of Schiedam
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.