Biography
Wivina (1103–1168) was a Benedictine abbess. Born in Oisy, France, she refused all offers of marriage, becoming, aged 23, a hermit 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.
Patronages
- fever and sore throat for both humans and animals(illness)
- against the plague(situation)
- pleurisy(situation)
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