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St. Liduina of Schiedam Falls on the Ice
Creator:
Petersz, Otgier, printer
Description:
At the age of 15, Liduina (or Lidwina) of Schiedam fell while ice skating and broke a rib. Here two women assist her in getting back up. According to her biographers, she never recovered and in fact her health worsened. She became paralyzed and bled profusely from her mouth, ears, and nose. Modern scholars believe that Liduina demonstrated symptoms of multiple sclerosis. She soon acquired a reputation as a healer and a holy woman.
Source:
Wikimedia Commons
Rights:
Public Domain
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Diseases
Hagiography
Liduina of Schiedam, Saint
Pain and Suffering
Geographic Area:
Low Countries
Century:
15
Date:
1498
Related Work:
Johannes Brugman, Vita alme virginis Lijdwine. Additional full folios:
http://www.schiedam.nl/images/gemeente/archief/archieven_en_collecties/incunabel/liduina/Liduina.html
Liduina of Schiedam receives the stigmata
, Johannes Brugman, Vita alme virginis Lijdwine, 1498, Utrecht, Museum Catharijneconvent.
Current Location:
Utrecht, Catherijneconvent, BMH 144, 12r
Original Location:
Artistic Type (Category):
Digital images; Prints
Artistic Type (Material/Technique):
Colored woodcuts
Donor:
Height/Width/Length(cm):
//
Inscription:
Related Resources:
Nelly Moerman, "Lidwina's levensverhaal -- ook voor gewone mensen," Catharijne, (Dec. 2010): 14-15; Carolyn Walker Bynum, Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women (University of California Press, 1987), 124-130.