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Wivina
12th-century Christian saint
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 17 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1109
Died
1168
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Near Brussels in Brabant, in present-day Belgium, Saint Wivina, first abbess of the monastery of Blessed Mary of Grand-Bigard.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 17 December as first abbess of the monastery of Grand-Bigard.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1928912 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Wivina (abbess) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.