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  2. Kinga of Poland or Kinga of Hungary, also Saint Kinga (also known as Cunegunda; Polish: Święta Kinga, Hungarian: Szent Kinga) (5 March 1224 – 24 July 1292) is a saint in the Catholic Church and patroness of Poland and Lithuania.

  3. The Legend of Saint Kinga. The founding of the mines in Bochnia and Wieliczka is the subject of a very beautiful legend of Saint Kinga, who lived in the 13th century, and became the patron of salt miners. Kinga was a historical figure: the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary, and married to the Polish Duke who ruled Cracow—Bolesław V the ...

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  4. Facts. Feastday: July 24. Patron: of Poland, Lithuania. Birth: 1224. Death: 1292. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable Catholic Saints PDFs. Shop St. Kinga of Poland. Princess of Poland and Franciscan tertiary. She was a niece of St. Elizabeth of Hungary and a great niece of St. Redwig.

  5. Kinga of Poland, also known as St. Kinga, was an instrumental figure in spreading Catholicism in Eastern Europe during her time. Born in 1224 in Esztergom, Hungary, she was a daughter of the King Bela IV of Hungary and later married Bolesław V the Chaste, the Prince of Krakow.

  6. List of Polish monarchs. This article is about the historical monarchs of Poland, from the Middle Ages to 1795. For presidents and other heads of state of Poland, during the 20th and 21st centuries, see List of heads of state of Poland. Monarchy of Poland. Royal coat of arms.

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    Krakus I also Krak or Grakch c. 8th ...
    c. 8th century
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    c. 8th century
    Krakus II c. 8th century
    c. 8th century Son of Krakus I
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    c. 8th century
    Lech II c. 8th century
    c. 8th century Son of Krakus I, brother ...
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    c. 8th century
  7. Saint Kinga. 1224-1292. The royal dynasty of Hungary in the 13th century has presented the church with a galaxy of saintly women. Among the most brilliant we find Blessed Kinga (or Cunegunda), daughter of King Bela IV, and niece of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. Other aunts of this saint were St Hedwig and Blessed Agnes of Prague.

  8. The legend has it that the local springs are a gift from Saint Kinga, the Mistress and the Patroness of the Pieniny mountains – a Hungarian princess who married a Polish prince and fell in love with the land.

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