Hildegund (widow)

Saint Hildegund (c. 1130-1178) was a Praemonstratensian abbess. Born to nobility, her father was Count Herman of Lidtberg and her mother Countess Hedwig.St. Hildegund Catholic Online Hildegund would later marry Count Lothair, and would go on to have three children. When her husband died, Hildegund took a pilgrimage to Rome. On her return in 1178, she converted her castle in Neer, near Cologne, Germany, into a convent, serving as the first abbess.Saint Hildegund Patron Saints Index Her daughter Blessed Hadewych of Meer also entered the convent. Her son Saint Hermann Joseph was a Praemonstratensian monk and mystic.
Saint Hildegund should not be confused with Hildegund (virgin), a 12th-century cross-dresser who is sometimes described as a saint (feast day April 20).
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Category:Roman Catholic saints
Category:12th-century Christian saints