ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 14th of April
BLESSED HADEWYCH OF MEHRE, PRIORESS
Blessed Hadewych (Haedwig, Hedwig) was prioress of the Premonstratensian convent of Mehre (Meer), near Büderich, in Rhenish Prussia. Born c. 1150, 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 [Hermann] 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. Hadewych passed to her eternal reward on April 14, 1200.
Source: Michael Ott, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Blessed Hadewych may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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