
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein.Saint Hedwige, Duchess of Silesia and Poland, by F Becker.Lives of the Saints, by Father Francis Xavier Weninger.Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler.Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate.15 October 1243 at at Trzebnica, Silesia (part of modern Poland).1174 in Castle Andechs, Bavaria (part of modern Germany).Upon her husband’s death, she gave away her fortune and entered the monastery at Trebnitz where her daughter was abbess. Cared for the sick both personally and by founding hospitals. Mother of seven, including Saint Gertrude of Trebnitz. Married Prince Henry I the Bearded of Silesia and Poland in 1186 at age 12. 15 October (in the monastery of Trzebnica, Poland)ĭaughter of Berthold IV, Duke of Merania.
