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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Hedwig
		Hedwig was educated at the monastery of Kitzingen, and, according to an old biography, at the age of twelve (1186), was
		Henry and Hedwig endowed munificently the Cistercian monastery of
		Hedwig, established in 1859, at Breslau, under the Rule of St. Augustine, and constitutions approved by the bishop.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07189a.htm (1018 words)

	Hungarian Saints -- Hedwig
		After his death in 1382 it was pressed upon Hedwig as a religious duty to accept for a husband the still pagan Jagiello, Duke of Lithuania.
		Hedwig, child as she still was in years (she was then thirteen), had to make a decision according to her conscience.
		Hedwig replied: "Seeing that I have so long renounced the pomps of this world, it is not on that treacherous couch -- to so many the bed of death -- that I would willingly be surrounded by their glitter.
	www.katolikus.hu /hun-saints/hedwig.html (556 words)

	Past and Present Regions of Poland
		Although Małopolska is one of Poland's 16 administrative provinces, historically the area associated with this name is significantly larger stretching from Czestochwa in the west to Lublin in the east and encompassing the land between this line and the mountain ranges forming Poland's southern border.
		Poland's northeasternmost province, it divides Poland from Lithuania and Belarus.
		Originally the appellation was applied to principalities on the eastern borders of Poland and Lithuania and later to the region of Lithuania east of Wolyn and Podole.
	info-poland.buffalo.edu /classroom/regions.html (4149 words)

	St. Hedwiges
		Hedwiges, by a distinguishing effect of the divine mercy in her favour, was from her cradle formed to virtue by the example and lessons of her devout mother and of those that were placed about her.
		Hedwiges always sincerely looked upon herself as the last and most ungrateful to God of all creatures, and she was often seen to kiss the ground where some virtuous person had knelt in the church.
		Hedwiges, whose tender soul could never hear of the effusion of Christian blood without doing all in her power to prevent it, went in person to Conrad, and the very sight of her disarmed him of all his rage, so that she easily obtained what she demanded.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/STHEDWIG.htm (2130 words)

	The History of St. Hedwig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hedwig is a Polish settlement founded much to the efforts of Father Leopold Moczgemba.
		Hedwig is not a spot of great excitement or famous landmarks, but the inhabitants have every right to be proud of their home town.
		Hedwig was built on a tradition of hard work and religious faith.
	www.accd.edu /pac/history/rhines/StudentProjects/1998/StHedwig/ST.html (1604 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : October 16, 2004 : Hedwig; Margaret Mary Alacoque
		Hedwig (1174-1243), the aunt of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, was married at an early age to Henry, Duke of Silesia.
		When Henry died in 1238, Hedwig took the habit of the Cistercian nuns at Trebnitz (where one of her daughters was the abbess), but retained the administration of her property so that she could give personal relief to the suffering.
		Hedwig was born in 1174 in Bavaria, the daughter of the Duke of Croatia.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2004-10-16 (1868 words)

	Queen St. Jadwiga of Poland
		(Hedwig is the form of their name in German.) Now both are called saints, for in June 1997, on a solemn visit to Krakow, where he had formerly been archbishop, Pope John Paul II canonized Blessed Jadwiga.
		Jadwiga of Krakow was a ranking figure in the history of Poland and Lithuania.
		She was the youngest daughter of King Louis of Poland, the last member of the Piast dynasty.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id507.htm (707 words)

	Hedwig M. Winge, 1877-1967 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hedwig's birth record was recorded at the "Standesamt" of Wölfelsdorf.
		Hedwig and E. Severin were married here or by one of the priests of this church.
		Their daughter Hedwig (Hattie) is in the back row on our right and Hedwig's son Severin M. Ricklin is in the back on our left.
	hometown.aol.com /thomagene/Hedwig.html (2630 words)

	Timeline Poland
		Poland was given Pomerelia and West Prussia, and the knights retained East Prussia, with a new capital at Königsberg (Kaliningrad).
		1830 Nicholas I ruthlessly repressed the insurrection in Poland.
		Poland’s partition line was moved eastwards from the Vistula line to the line of the Bug.
	timelines.ws /countries/POLAND.HTML (14107 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of October 16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hedwig was one of the eight children born to Berthold IV, the count of Andechs, who ruled over the Tyrol and Istria (Croatia and Dalmatia).
		Hedwig followed and helped bring the two to a peaceful agreement, which included the marriage of her two granddaughters to Conrad's sons.
		Hedwig, the duchess with the naked feet and workworn hands, had no need to knock on the gates which, at her approach, swung open of themselves.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1016.htm (3559 words)

	St. Hedwig Virtual Tour: High Altar
		In 1202, on the death of his father, Henry succeeded to the dukedom and at Hedwig's request built a Cistercian monastery for nuns at Trebnitz, the first monastery for women in Silesia; the couple founded numerous other monasteries and hospitals.
		They had seven children, and two of them, Henry and Conrad, despite Hedwig's efforts, warred over the division of territories made by Duke Henry in 1112; and in 1227 Henry and Duke Ladislaus of Sandomir warred against Swatopluk of Pomerania.
		Her son Henry was killed in 1240 in a battle against the Mongol Tartars near Wahlstadt, and she died at Trebnitz, Poland, on October 15.
	www.sthedwigchurch.org /tour/altars/a2.htm (457 words)

	Jadwiga of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She is known in German as Hedwig, in Lithuanian as Jadvyga, in Hungarian as Hedvig, and in Latin as Hedvigis.
		In Poland, however, the lords of Lesser Poland (Poland's virtual rulers) did not want to continue the personal union with Hungary, nor to accept Mary's fiancé Sigismund as regent, whom they expelled from the country.
		Despite widespread veneration for Jadwiga in Poland, it was only on June 8, 1979, that Pope John Paul II prayed at her sarcophagus; and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments officially affirmed her beatification on August 8, 1986.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hedwig_of_Poland (1674 words)

	Titles of European hereditary rulers
		Formally, Poland and Lithuania were to be distinct, equal components of the federation, each retaining its own army, treasury, civil administration, and laws; the two nations agreed to cooperate with each other on foreign policy and to participate in a joint Diet.
		In 1295, Premislas II (+1296), Duke of Greater Poland and Pomerania, was crowned King, and, restored the title of King in Poland.
		The declaration of the annexation of Prussia to Poland (1454).
	www.geocities.com /eurprin/poland.html (2769 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Hedwig, Queen of Poland
		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.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainth12.htm (156 words)

	Role Models
		Hedwig, or Jadwiga, was the daughter of King Louis of Poland and Hungary and his wife, Elizabeth of Bosnia.
		After her father's untimely death, Hedwig was made Queen of Poland at age 10.
		Hedwig dealt with many revolts and tried to find peaceful solutions to conflicts.
	home.iprimus.com.au /morningstar/stm/rolem.htm (924 words)

	Today's Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Born a princess, the youngest daughter of King Louis I of Hungary.
		By virtue she was great niece of the Polish King, and he left no heir closer in succession, the child became Queen of Poland upon his death in 1832, at the age of 11. She fell victim to political necessity.
		Hedwig died in childbirth at the age of 28, leaving behind a legacy of good works for the poor, including the revision of polish laws in favor of their welfare.
	www.avemariarosaries.com /todays_saint.asp?md=0228 (173 words)

	Dominican Spirituality In Central and Eastern Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The history of Dominican spirituality in Hungary, Poland and Lithuania, Bohemia, Greece and the eastern Mediterranean still remains obscure.
		The internal history of the provinces, whose frontiers receded or advanced with political events, was marked like the other provinces by the reform of Raymond of Capua, which was felt there somewhat later and less permanently than elsewhere.
		Dominican life in Poland today is flourishing; the Province numbered 226 religious in 1960.
	www.op.org /domcentral/study/ashley/ds07euro.htm (1191 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Hedwig
		Married Prince Henry I of Silesia and Poland in 1186 at age 12.
		Hedwig knew that those living stones that were to be placed in the buildings of the heavenly Jerusalem had to be smoothed out by buffetings and pressures in this world, and that many tribulations would be needed before she could cross over into her heavenly homeland.
		Because of such great daily fasts and abstinences she grew so thin that many wondered how such a feeble and delicate woman could endure these torments.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainth03.htm (260 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		SAINT HEDWIGDuchess of Poland and Widow(1243)Saint Hedwig was the wife of Henry, Duke of Silesia and Poland, and the mother of six children.
		To one of her sisters, married to the King of Hungary, was born the future Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; another was the wife of Philip-Augustus of France, and the third, Abbess of a celebrated monastery at Lutzingen.
		Saint Hedwig led a humble, austere, and holy life amid all the pomp of her royal state.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=sthedwig (573 words)

	Saint Hedwig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		She was engaged to William, Duke of Austria, whom she loved, but broke off the relationship in order to marry Jogaila, pagan Duke of Lithuania, at the age of 13, which she did of political necessity.
		Jogaila was later known as King Vladislaus II of Poland after the unification of the two states.
		Among the Queens of Poland, Hedwig was noted for excellent reign, great patronage of education and pious life, which helped to strengthen the Christianity in Poland.
	cicg-iccg.org /communs/Pologne/sai5hedw-en.html (192 words)

	Poland Research List Archive - PLRL-983
		Edward stayed in Poland and had a daughter named Jawiga who is presently living in Nowa Wies, Lomza, but do not know her married name (she knows of me by the name of Florcia).
		One of my sisters went to Poland around seven years ago and met with cousins from both sides of the family at a local church and then visited in their homes.
		Anna was born in Borowc Poland but i was told her records are probably at Lipusz Parish.
	feefhs.org /PL/plrl/plrl-983.html (3455 words)

	Saints of July 17
		Born in Kannen, Silesia, Poland, 1180; died 1242.
		He also acted as the spiritual director for duchess Saint Hedwig of Poland.
		The life of Blessed Ceslaus, like that of Saint Hyacinth, is a record of almost countless miracles, of unbelievable distances travelled on foot through wild and warlike countries, and of miracles of grace.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0717.htm (3402 words)

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