St. Hedwiges
Commemorated October 15
- Feast day
- October 15
- Origin
- Cracow
About the saint
At Cracow, St. Hedwiges, duchess of Poland, who devoted herself to the service of the poor, and was renowned for miracles. She was inscribed among the saints by pope Clement IV., and Innocent XI. permitted her feast to be celebrated on the 17th of this month.