St Lydwina, a lily of purity amid thorns of pain. Shattered by a fall at fifteen, she bore thirty-eight years of torment, offering each pang for sinners for God’s glory. Let us, too, embrace our crosses, despising worldly ease, that we may win Heaven’s crown!
Born: April 18, 1380
Died: April 14, 1433 (aged 52)
Canonized:
March 14, 1890 by Pope Leo XIII
Patronage:
The chronically ill, ice skaters, the town of Schiedam
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