Saint Hedwig, Queen of Poland
Also known as
- Hedwig of Anjou
- Hedwig Andegawenska
- Eduviges…
- Edvige…
- Jadwiga…
- Jadvyga…
- Hedvig…
- Hedvigis…
- 17 July
- 28 February on some calendars
Profile
Youngest daughter of King Louis I of Hungary. Because she was great-niece to King Casimir III of Poland, she became Queen of Poland in 1382 upon her father‘s death. She was engaged to William, Duke of Austria, whom she loved, but broke off the relationship in order to marry Jagiello, non-Christian Prince of Lithuania, at age 13 for political reasons. She offered her misery in this marriage to Christ, and she eventually converted her husband; Jagiello was later known as King Landislaus II of Poland after the unification of the kingdoms, a union that lasted over 400 years. Noted for her charity to all, but especially the sick and poor, and for a revision of the laws to help the poor.
Born
- 18 February 1374 in Buda (in modern Budapest, Hungary)
- 17 July 1399 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland during child birth
- miracles reported at her tomb
- 31 May 1979 by Pope John Paul II (cultus confirmation)
- 17 December 1996 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
- 8 June 1997 by Pope John Paul II
- the canonization miracle involved the healing from “chronic right purulent otomastoiditis with labyrinthine hearing loss” in Warsaw, Poland of Anna Romiszowska in the early hours of 17 August 1950 after her family began a novena dedicated to Saint Hedwig
MLA Citation
- “Saint Hedwig, Queen of Poland“. CatholicSaints.Info. 18 February 2024. Web. 28 April 2024. <>