Lidwina
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Lidwina was a Dutch mystic who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. She is the patroness saint of the town of Schiedam, of chronic pain, and of ice skating.
Johannes Brugman's publication, printed in Schiedam in 1498.
Saint Lidwina by Jan Dunselman, 1890
Saint Lidwina's relics in a historic religious procession during the 2018 Heiligdomsvaart (Relics Pilgrimage), Maastricht, Netherlands
An angel brings St. Lidwyna a branch of roses by Hieronymus Wierix
Ice skating
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Ice skating is the self-propulsion and gliding of a person across a flat ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates. People skate for various reasons, including recreation, exercise, competitive sport
Lidwina
…1433) was a Dutch mystic who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. She is the patroness saint of the town of Schiedam, of chronic pain, and of ice skating. At the age of fifteen, she suffered a serious injury while ice skating and became progressively disabled. Hendrik Mande wrote for her consolation a…
Outdoor ice skaters in 1925
A postman in Germany during the winter of 1900 (stamp from 1994)
Skating fun by 17th century Dutch painter Hendrick Avercamp
The Skating Minister by Henry Raeburn, depicting a member of the Edinburgh Skating Club in the 1790s