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About Wivina
Wivina (1103–1168) was a Benedictine abbess. Born in Oisy, France, she refused all offers of marriage, becoming, aged 23, a hermit at Groot-Bijgaarden, near Brussels. She later accepted land from Count Godfrey of Brabant on which she built a monastery, serving as its first abbess.
Everything about Wivina →- Occupation
- Christian nun
- Position held
- abbess, abbot
- Born
- 1103, 1109
- Died
- 1168, 1170