Hedwig of Silesia
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Hedwig of Silesia, a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and of Greater Poland from 1231 as well as High Duchess consort of Poland from 1232 until 1238. S
Saint Hedwig of Silesia with Duke Louis I of Brzeg and Duchess Agnés, Hedwig Codex, Lubin, 1353 (now in the J. Paul Getty Museum, California)
Hedwig intercedes between Henry and Konrad, 19th century depiction
Stained glass at St. Servatius Church, Landkern
Scene from an altar of St. Hedwig of Silesia, Wrocław, around 1430, restored in 1929, National Museum, Warsaw
St. Hedwig's Cathedral
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St. Hedwig's Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Berlin on Bebelplatz in the historic centre of Berlin. Dedicated in honor of Hedwig of Silesia, it was erected from 1747 to 1773
Hedwig of Silesia
…her hands. On 15 October 1243, Hedwig died and was buried in Trzebnica Abbey with her husband, while relics of her are preserved at Andechs Abbey and St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin. Hedwig was canonized in 1267 by Pope Clement IV, a supporter of the Cistercian order, at the suggestion of her grandson Prince-Archbishop…
St. Hedwig's Cathedral in 2018
Opernplatz with undone church before 1886
Drawing of the cathedral by Joseph Maximilian Kolb, 1850
Cathedral in 1886