Lidwina was born in Holland in 1380, the daughter of a nobleman and a peasant woman. At an early age she’d already decided to join a convent and lead a holy life, which like I keep saying on this blog, wasn’t such a terrible choice when your options are a) spend all day praying or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘medieval saints’
St. Lidwina of Schiedam
Posted in Obscure Saint Blogging, Religion, tagged Catholicism, maidens, martyrs, medieval saints, Roman Catholicism, saints on July 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
St. Hubert
Posted in Obscure Saint Blogging, Religion, tagged european saints, hunting, medieval saints, visions on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hubert–who I keep wanting to called Humbert Humbert–was born in Aquitaine around 656 CE. His grandfather had been the king of Toulouse (this was back when basically every holler and hamlet had a king), and his father was duke of Aquitaine. We don’t know who his mother was because women didn’t matter. As a “youth” [...]
St. Dymphna
Posted in Obscure Saint Blogging, Religion, tagged Catholicism, Escaping the Pagans, incest, Irish saints, maidens, martyrs, medieval saints on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dymphna was a young lady in Ireland sometimes during the 7th century CE. Her father was a pagan Irish chieftain Damon, and her mother was his beautiful Christian wife whose name has been lost. When Dymphna was about 14, her mother died. After searching all over Western Europe and not finding a woman as beautiful [...]
