Wivina (abbess)

Saint Wivina
A prayer card depicting St Wivina (Thijs Collection, University of Antwerp)
Born	1103 Oisy, France
Died	1168 Groot-Bijgaarden, near Brussels, Belgium
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Feast	17 December

Wivina (1103–1168) was a Benedictine abbess. Born in Oisy, France, she refused all offers of marriage, becoming, aged 23, a hermitess at Groot-Bijgaarden, near Brussels. She later accepted land from Count Godfrey of Brabant on which she built a monastery, serving as its first abbess.[1]

References

1. St. Wivina profile at Catholic Online