Saint
Lidwina of Schiedam
Lidwina's fall on the ice, Wood drawing from the 1498 edition of John Brugman's Vita of Lidwina
Mystic
Born
April 18, 1380
Schiedam, County of Holland,
Holy Roman Empire
Died
April 14, 1433 (aged 52)
Schiedam, County of Holland,
Holy Roman Empire
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church
Canonized
March 14, 1890, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII
Major shrine
Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands
Feast
April 14
Patronage
chronically ill, ice skaters, town of Schiedam
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