Berkeley, Wednesday, April 8, 2026 3:04 AM

This was a result of a false start, with Saint Justin Martyr, which feast has moved to April 14.

I would love to learn about the dutch Saint Liduina.

Her feast is on April 14.

This is also a too late start for the day. Apologies, Sint(not a typo, it is the Dutch word) Liduina, for just dropping a few references, I found, and having a few words for day one. She is the patron saint of ice skaters, quite relevant topic in Richmond, CA, the East Bay, the Bay Area, and the USA, in that order, today.

Day 1. April 8. Blessed Ludwina, according to [1, pp. 95]. Review is she is a saint already. “The cultus of Blessed Lydwina has spread far beyond the limits of her native land…”, at Schiedam, Netherlands. She passed away on April 14, 1433 (Review this info.) “… She has come to be regarded as the special patrones of that company of chosen souls who live a more or less hidden life of intense suffering in expiation of the sins of others. She herself is described in the special office for her feast as “a prodigy of human misery and of heroic patience”. [1]

Ok. I see in my additional sources that Thomas a Kempis wrote a book about her: Vita Lidwigis virginis (The life of the Virgin Lidwina). I have read a book and a half from Thomas a Kempis. I read the one recommended by Saint Therese of Lisieux, Imitation of Christ. And sometimes I use the book regarding how to do a Good confession, that is the one, I said is half through.

Well, I know the author. I might read in the time left some parts of his book about Sint Liduina, if I find it.

Blessed Liduina pray for me. teach me to love sincerely.

Found Kempis’ book. See [2]. Who knows if I can read it. Interesting coincides, it was dedicated to brothers in Zeeland, which is not the same Sealand (or how would be written in Danish) where Saint Pope Lucius I is a patron. See that post. Here Zeeland are the Netherlands. Languages are beautiful, as long as one can trace meaning on every single word, and as long as one can hear, which is something I am overdue on being seen or checked.

Day 2. April 9. Sint Luduina was the only girl in a family of nine children (curious how things happen?). Meaning the determining factors in sexes or gender. We call it in Spanish sex. But gender seems that is the common word for it. She was born in Schiedam in the Netherlands on a Palm Sunday in 1380, which felt on April 16 [1, and thanks Google for a few clarifying notes]. I believe I have been in Schiedam. Or at least passed by. I was in Maeslantkering, which is about a half hour west by car. And I was in Rotterdam, which practically it belongs to, but also technically it is 16 minutes away east by car. I transported by public transit then, as well as now, including biking, though now I have an additional dependency for transportation for specific trips not well served by public transit or when loading is need, in the USA. And probably, when there are other means as well. Hard to justify.

References

[1] Thurston, Herbert S.J. and Donald Attwater. 1963 Butler’s Lives of the Saint. Complete Edition. Edited, revised and supplemented by Herbert Thurston, S.J. and Donald Attwater. PJ Kenedy & Sons. New York

[2] https://www.saintsbooks.net/books/Thomas%20a%20Kempis%20-%20St.%20Lydwine%20of%20Schiedam.pdf

Additional Sources to Review for me or else reader

Het leven der gelukzalige Liduina van Schiedam. Published [ca. 1875]. Available at https://objects.library.uu.nl/reader/1874-316953?page=1

The following are thanks to a Google Search:

Johannes Brugman: Wrote a well-known hagiography, Vita alme virginis Liidwine, which was published in 1498.

Thomas à Kempis: Author of Vita Lidwigis virginis (The Life of the Virgin Lidwina).

Hugo of Rugge: Subprior of Sint-Elisabethklooster, who wrote the Vita prior (First Biography) before 1430.

Here we go with some books thanks to the Internet Archive:

https://ia801307.us.archive.org/24/items/saintlydwineofsc00huysuoft/saintlydwineofsc00huysuoft.pdf