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Richeza of Lotharingia
Polish queen consort
Feast: 21 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Richeza of Lotharingia (also called Richenza, Rixa, Ryksa; born about 995/1000 – 21 March 1063) was a member of the Ezzonen dynasty who became queen of Poland as the wife of Mieszko II Lambert. Her Polish marriage was arranged to strengthen the ties between Mieszko and her uncle Emperor Otto III. She returned to Germany following the deposition of her husband in 1031, either divorcing or separating from him. Upon the death of her brother Duke Otto II of Swabia and the consequent extinction of the male line of her family, Richeza became a nun, worked to preserve the Ezzonen heritage, and funded the restoration of the Abbey of Brauweiler. She has been beatified.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- DOMRADIO.DE (Archdiocese of Cologne) - Domkapitel feiert Messe zu Ehren von Koenigin Richeza — Queen of Poland (died 21 March 1063), buried in Cologne Cathedral, venerated as Blessed in the Cologne region; the cathedral chapter keeps a Mass in her honour on her day, 21 March.
- Wikidata Q269619 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Richeza of Lotharingia (CC BY-SA)
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