Saint Wivina
- Also known as
- Vivina
- Memorial
- 17 December
- Profile
- She received many offers of marriage but turned them all down.
At age 23 she became a hermitess near Brussels, Belgium.
Her reputation soon attracted disciples.
For them she built a Benedictine convent on land donated by Count Godfrey of Brabant, and served as its first abbess.
- Born
- Oisy, Flanders, Belgium
- Died
- c.1170
- Additional Information
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