Saint Judith the Patron of Prussia

Memorial: May 5th

Patron Saint: Prussia, Female Saint of the Teutonic Knights, Single Mothers

Born: Late 1100's Prussia, modern day Germany

Died: May 12th 1260 in Prussia

Why she is venerated by the Holy Roman Catholic Church: Husband was killed in the Crusades. She sold all of her property to provide for her children. She then left her children with a relative who was the highest ranking officer of the Teutonic Knights. Right afterward, she left to a cave and spent the rest of her life in prayer as a hermit.

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