Wivina
Encyclopedia
Wivina was a Benedictine
abbess
. Born in Oisy
, France
, she refused all offers of marriage
, becoming, aged 23, a hermitess at Groot-Bijgaarden
, near Brussels
. She later accepted land from Count Godfrey of Brabant and built a convent and served as its first abbess
.
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
abbess
Abbess
An abbess is the female superior, or mother superior, of a community of nuns, often an abbey....
. Born in Oisy
Oisy-le-Verger
Oisy-le-Verger is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Oisy-le-Verger is a farming village situated east of Arras, at the junction of the D21 and D14 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, she refused all offers of marriage
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
, becoming, aged 23, a hermitess at Groot-Bijgaarden
Groot-Bijgaarden
Groot-Bijgaarden is a village and deelgemeente of Dilbeek.-Toponomy:The name Bijgaarden is derived from the Germanic word for enclosure. The appellation "Great" was attached to distinguish it from the smaller Klein-Bijgaarden nearby, now in the municipality of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw.-History:The...
, near Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
. She later accepted land from Count Godfrey of Brabant and built a convent and served as its first abbess
Abbess
An abbess is the female superior, or mother superior, of a community of nuns, often an abbey....
.