St. Hedwig of Silesia - Petrohrad,CZ
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N 50° 07.369 E 013° 26.688
33U E 388829 N 5553444
Plastika Svaté Hedviky na Ceste ceských svatých v Petrohrade.
Waymark Code: WM13DK2
Location: Ústecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/16/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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Statue of Saint Hedwig near Petrohrad, the nineth one on Czech Saints Sculpture Trail.

Hedwig of Silesia, also Hedwig of Andechs (1174 – 15 October 1243), a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and of Greater Poland from 1231 as well as High Duchess consort of Poland from 1232 until 1238. She was reported in the two-volume historical atlas of Herman Kinder and another author to have been great in war and defended from the Teutonic Knights. She was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1267 by Pope Clement IV.
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