Schiedam
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Schiedam is a town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of the city Rotterdam, east of the town Vlaardingen, and south of t
Old city hall of Schiedam
View of Schiedam with The Porters' Guild House
Windmill De Kameel in Schiedam
Jan van Riebeeck, grew up in Schiedam
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.
Schiedam
…connection between the Schie and the Meuse. From the 15th century onwards, the town flourished as a place of pilgrimage due to the devotion afforded to Saint Lidwina, one of the most famous Dutch saints who lived her life in Schiedam. The town subsequently gained significance by fishing for herring. In 1428 a great…
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