St. Cunegunda
July 23
St. Cunegunda (or Kinga) was daughter of King Bela IV of Hungary and Mary Lascaris, and sister of St. Margaret of Hungary and Bl. Jolenta. Reluctantly married to Boleslas II of Krakow, who was subsequently King of Poland, they both made a commitment of personal continence. Their special concern was for the poor and the sick. After her husband’s death in 1279, Cunegunda sold her personal possessions and entered the Poor Clare convent which her husband had founded at Stary Sazc. She was abbess here and died in 1292. Having been proclaimed special patron of the Poles and Lithuanians by Clement XI in 1715, she was canonised by John Paul II in 1999. Her feast is kept on July 23.
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