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The feast day of Saint Jadwiga of Poland is celebrated in the Catholic Church on June 8th every year. An enigma wrapped in royal robes and sprinkled with the celestial dust of sainthood, Jadwiga of Poland is a captivating figure whose life story has been.
On June 8, we mark the Feast Day of Saint Jadwiga, Queen of Poland. She was born October 3, 1373, in Buda, Kingdom of Hungary and died July 17, 1399, at Wawel Castle in Kraków. Jadwiga was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland—interestingly enough, crowned as King of Poland (in regem Polonie coronata)—at age 10.
Jul 17, 2019 · St Jadwiga (1373/4 – 17 July 1399) was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, reigning from 1384 until her death. Her feast day is 17 July. She was born in Buda, the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary circa 1373 or 1374. The 10 year old Jadwiga was crowned in Poland’s capital,…
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Mar 27, 2020 · St. Jadwiga is the patron saint of queens. Her feast day is July 17. A short film made about her for World Youth Day 2016: http://archive.krakow2016.com/en/saint-jadwiga-queen-of-poland.html. A much more extensive biography detailing the royal history of the time and region is available at Catholic Online here: https://www.catholic.org/saints ...
Jul 2, 2023 · The world’s first woman king transformed Europe 638 years ago. On October 16, 1384, Poland crowned Jadwiga king. Historians call Jadwiga (pronounced ja·dwi·guh) one of Poland’s greatest ...
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Jun 8, 2021 · News release. June 8 - we fondly recognize Polish monarch and saint-Queen Jadwiga whose liturgical feast day was determined for this day by her native Pole-Pope St. John Paul II in 1997 following her canonization in Krakow. She was the first female to be crowned king of Poland and reigned from Oct. 16, 1384 until July 17, 1399.
Jadwiga died on July 17, 1399, at the young age of 25, after giving birth to her first child. She was canonized as a saint in 1997 by Pope John Paul II, who declared her the patron saint of Europe. St. Jadwiga is remembered for her charitable works and her contributions to the development of Poland.
