Ida of Louvain
Cistercian nun of Roosendael Abbey in the 13th-century Low Countries
Feast: 13 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the Cistercian monastery of Roosendaal in Brabant, in present-day Holland, Blessed Ida of Louvain, virgin, who suffered much from her father before entering monastic life and, by the austerity of her life, imitated in her body the passion of Christ.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 13 April as a Cistercian nun of Roosendaal who imitated Christ's passion by the austerity of her life.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 13 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q84607942 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ida of Louvain (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.