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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.
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 Chaste.
Princess of Poland and Franciscan tertiary. She was a niece of St. Elizabeth of Hungary and a great niece of St. Redwig. Sometimes called Cunegunde, Zinga, or Kioga, she was married to Prince Boleslaus of Poland. Kinga founded a monastery at Sandez.
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.
Blessed Kinga was only 15 when at her parents' request she gave her hand in marriage to Boleslaus, duke of Cracow, who later became king of Poland. The angelic virgin, however, spoke to her spouse so convincingly of the excellence of virginity, that he resolved to embrace a life of continence.
Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries). During the latter period, a tradition of free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electable position in Europe (16th to 18th centuries).
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.
