Hadewych of Meer
Premonstratensian abbess (c. 1150–1200)
Who they were
Hadewych, daughter of Hildegundis, founded with her mother the Premonstratensian convent of Meer near Büderich about 1165, and succeeded her as prioress in 1183.
She died on 14 April, about 1200. She, her mother and her brother Herman are all counted among the Blessed.
The miracles
She is honoured as Blessed by long-standing veneration; the Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe a formal cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A foundress and prioress from a family of the Blessed.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Hildegund Blessed Parent, Mother
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Hadewych
- Wikidata Q16840739 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hadewych of Meer (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.