Hadewych of Meer

For (near) homonyms, see Hedwig.

Blessed Hadewych O.Praem.
Born	c. 1150 Germany
Died	14 April, c. 1200
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church

Hadewych, O.Praem., (c. 1150 – 14 April, c. 1200) a.k.a. Hadewig or Hedwig, was abbess of the Premonstratensian monastery of Meer, (now part of Meerbusch) in modern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Life

Hadewych was the daughter of Count Lothair of Meer and Hildegund. Her brother was Hermann Joseph. After her father's death, she accompanied her mother on a pilgrimage to Rome. Upon their return, about 1178, they both took religious vows as nuns and converted the family castle into a monastery. Hadewych became part of the community founded by her mother.[1] She succeeded her mother as abbess in 1183.[2]

Hadewych died on April 14, about the year 1200; devotion to her quickly spread among the Norbertine community.[3] She, as well as her mother and her brother, are venerated as "Blessed" by the Catholic church.[2]

References

1. Alban Butler; Herbert Thurston; Donald Attwater (1981), "St Hildegund, Widow", Butler's Lives of the Saints (2nd ed.), Christian Classics
2. Ott, Michael. "Bl. Hadewych." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 22 October 2021 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
3. "Bl. Hadewych of Meer", Aleteia

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Bl. Hadewych". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.