Hedwig of Silesia

Saint Hedwig of Silesia
Saint Hedwig of Silesia with Duke Louis I of Brzeg and Duchess Agnés, Hedwig Codex, Lubin, 1353 (now in the J. Paul Getty Museum, California[1])
Born	1174 Andechs, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	15 October 1243 (aged 68–69) Trzebnica Abbey, Silesia, Kingdom of Poland
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Canonized	26 March 1267 by Pope Clement IV
Major shrine	Andechs Abbey and St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin
Feast	16 October; moved to 20 October in Canada)
Attributes	wearing a church model or a pair of shoes in her hands
Patronage	Andechs Abbey, Brandenburg, Dioceses of Berlin and Görlitz, Kraków, Poland, Silesia,[2] its capital Wrocław, Trzebnica, orphans

Hedwig of Silesia (Polish: Święta Jadwiga Śląska), also Hedwig of Andechs (German: Heilige Hedwig von Andechs, Latin: Hedvigis; 1174 – 15 October 1243), a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and of Greater Poland from 1231 as well as High Duchess consort of Poland from 1232 until 1238. She was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1267 by Pope Clement IV.