Saint Wivina | |
Birth Date: | 1103 |
Death Date: | 1168 |
Feast Day: | 17 December |
Venerated In: | Roman Catholic Church |
Birth Place: | Oisy, France |
Death Place: | Groot-Bijgaarden, near Brussels, Belgium |
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]