Pobożność maryjna św. Jadwigi Śląskiej na tle ówczesnej epoki
St. Mary’s Piety in the Life of St. Hedwig of Silesia Against the Background of the Then Era

Summary/Abstract: The spiritual life of Saint Hedwig was strongly influenced by three great monastic orders of the Early Middle Ages: Benedictines, Cistercians and Franciscans. As a young girl she received her education at Benedictine Abbey of Kitzingen. Together with her husband she established a Cistercian convent in Trzebnica according to which religious rules she lived after her husband’s death. She also had a Franciscan monk as her confessor. Marian spirituality of these three convents had a significant influence upon the veneration of Virgin Mary in the life of Saint Hedwig of Silesia’s. Saint Hedwig worshiped Virgin Mary by prayer and pious acts such as donations of churches and altars devoted to the Blessed Virgin. Moreover, she constantly carried a picture or a statue of Virgin Mary with her. Although it is not clearly stated in the Latin text of Legnda maior whether it was a statue, however the analysis of the text and Early Middle Ages mores and customs allow to assume that it was the statue of Virgin Mary

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