ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 17th of July WELCOME! SAINT HEDWIG, QUEEN OF POLAND Saint Hedwig (Jadwiga) was born in 1374 in Buda, Hungary as the youngest daughter of the Hungarian king Louis I of Anjou (1342-82) and his wife Elisabeth of Bosnia. Louis in 1370 became King Louis the Great of Poland (1370-82). He had no sons, only daughters. King Louis died unexpectedly in 1382, when Hedwig was only eight years old. After considerable diplomatic activity and political intrigue, Hedwig was chosen by the Poles as their queen and crowned on October 16, 1384 as rex ("king"). SHE WAS CHOSEN AS QUEEN The only thing left now was to get her married, so that the succession could be secured. The Polish nobles decided that she should marry Jogaila ( Jagiello ), Grand Duke of Lithuania and Rutenia, who was not yet a Christian. THE ROYAL WEDDING Jagiello , his brothers and the leading Lithuanian nobles were baptised on February 15, 1386 in Krakow Cathedral...