{"id":18831,"date":"2024-10-26T15:30:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T15:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/this-princess-saint-was-not-harry-potters-owl-st-hedwig-of-silesia\/"},"modified":"2024-10-26T15:30:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T15:30:09","slug":"this-princess-saint-was-not-harry-potters-owl-st-hedwig-of-silesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/this-princess-saint-was-not-harry-potters-owl-st-hedwig-of-silesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Esta santa princesa no era la lechuza de Harry Potter: Santa Eduvigis de Silesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] An image of St. Hedwig in Wroclaw, Poland. \/ Credit: Hannah Brockhaus\/CNA Vatican City, Oct 16, 2024 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). Readers who find this story through a search engine are probably looking for information about Hedwig, Harry Potter\u2019s snowy owl.But Hedwig of Silesia was not an owl \u2014 she was a princess, wife, mother, and builder of bridges between the German and Polish people. (Her husband\u2019s name was &quot;Henry the Bearded.\u201d) She was canonized a saint in the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] An image of St. Hedwig in Wroclaw, Poland. \/ Credit: Hannah Brockhaus\/CNA Vatican City, Oct 16, 2024 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). Readers who find this story through a search engine are probably looking for information about Hedwig, Harry Potter\u2019s snowy owl.But Hedwig of Silesia was not an owl \u2014 she was a princess, wife, mother, and builder of bridges between the German and Polish people. (Her husband\u2019s name was &quot;Henry the Bearded.\u201d) She was canonized a saint in the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-18831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37446,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/berlin-pharmacist-ordered-to-give-up-practice-after-refusing-to-sell-morning-after-pill\/","url_meta":{"origin":18831,"position":0},"title":"Berlin pharmacist ordered to give up practice after refusing to sell \u2018morning-after\u2019 pill","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mayo 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"St. Hedwig\u2019s Cathedral in Berlin, Germany. \/ Credit: Cedric BLN via Wikimedia (public domain) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 16, 2025 \/ 11:21 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week:Berlin pharmacist ordered to give up practice after refusing to sell \u2018morning-after\u2019 pillBerlin pharmacist Andreas Kersten was forced to end his practice this month after he refused to sell the so-called \u201cmorning-after\u201d pill for reasons of conscience, according to CNA Deutsch, CNA\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Berlin pharmacist ordered to give up practice after refusing to sell \u2018morning-after\u2019 pill","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Berlin-pharmacist-ordered-to-give-up-practice-after-refusing-to-sell-%E2%80%98morning-after-pill.webp?fit=800%2C532&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Berlin-pharmacist-ordered-to-give-up-practice-after-refusing-to-sell-%E2%80%98morning-after-pill.webp?fit=800%2C532&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Berlin-pharmacist-ordered-to-give-up-practice-after-refusing-to-sell-%E2%80%98morning-after-pill.webp?fit=800%2C532&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Berlin-pharmacist-ordered-to-give-up-practice-after-refusing-to-sell-%E2%80%98morning-after-pill.webp?fit=800%2C532&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12625,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/pope-francis-canonizes-14-new-saints-including-priests-martyred-in-syria\/","url_meta":{"origin":18831,"position":1},"title":"Pope Francis canonizes 14 new saints, including priests martyred in Syria","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"octubre 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Statuary sits before imagery of the recently canonized saints in St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 \/ Credit: Daniel Ib\u00c3\u00a1\u00c3\u00b1ez\/CNA Vatican City, Oct 20, 2024 \/ 11:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis canonized 14 new saints on Sunday, including a father of eight and Franciscan friars killed in Syria for refusing to renounce their faith and convert to Islam.In a Mass in St. Peter\u2019s Square on Oct. 20, the pope declared three nineteenth-century founders of religious\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1729484312_241020-holy-mass-and-canonization-daniel-ibanez-23.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1729484312_241020-holy-mass-and-canonization-daniel-ibanez-23.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1729484312_241020-holy-mass-and-canonization-daniel-ibanez-23.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1729484312_241020-holy-mass-and-canonization-daniel-ibanez-23.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1729484312_241020-holy-mass-and-canonization-daniel-ibanez-23.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9487,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/the-congregation-in-honor-of-st-rose-of-lima-where-all-the-sisters-are-named-rose\/","url_meta":{"origin":18831,"position":2},"title":"The congregation in honor of St. Rose of Lima where all the sisters are named Rose","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"agosto 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] A member of the Dominican Sisters\u2019 Congregation of St. Rose of Lima in northern Italy sells prints at the Santa\u2019s Sanctuary of Lima. \/ Credit: Abel Camasca\/ACI ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 23, 2024 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). After the miracles in Italy worked through the intercession of St. Rose of Lima and her canonization in 1671, a congregation of Dominican nuns was established in Italy in honor of the patron saint of South America. Each member of this congregation\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hermanas-rosa-de-santa-rosa-de-lima-290822.jpg.webp?fit=1200%2C678&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hermanas-rosa-de-santa-rosa-de-lima-290822.jpg.webp?fit=1200%2C678&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hermanas-rosa-de-santa-rosa-de-lima-290822.jpg.webp?fit=1200%2C678&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hermanas-rosa-de-santa-rosa-de-lima-290822.jpg.webp?fit=1200%2C678&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hermanas-rosa-de-santa-rosa-de-lima-290822.jpg.webp?fit=1200%2C678&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19391,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/why-is-st-jude-the-patron-saint-of-lost-causes\/","url_meta":{"origin":18831,"position":3},"title":"Why is St. Jude the patron saint of lost causes?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"octubre 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] A candle of St. Jude. \/ Credit: Francesca Pollio\/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct. 28, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Jude, also known as Thaddeus, one of Jesus\u2019 12 apostles. He is believed to have written the Letter of Jude, one of the shortest books of the Bible, and is thought to have been martyred in Beirut around 65 A.D. He is typically depicted with a club or axe, symbolizing\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732489102_stjude.jpg?fit=1200%2C897&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732489102_stjude.jpg?fit=1200%2C897&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732489102_stjude.jpg?fit=1200%2C897&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732489102_stjude.jpg?fit=1200%2C897&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732489102_stjude.jpg?fit=1200%2C897&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":67689,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/st-bartolo-longo-is-an-example-for-those-with-mental-health-struggles-priest-says\/","url_meta":{"origin":18831,"position":4},"title":"St. Bartolo Longo is an example for those with mental health struggles, priest says","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"noviembre 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Once an \u201cordained\u201d Satanic priest, Bartolo Longo underwent one of the most dramatic conversions in recent Church history. He was canonized a saint on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in St. Peter\u2019s Square at the Vatican. \/ Credit: Courtney Mares\/CNA Rome Newsroom, Oct 28, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). St. Bartolo Longo \u2014 a former Satanist \u201cpriest\u201d whose remarkable conversion led him to create a Shrine to Our Lady of the Rosary and spread devotion to the prayer \u2014 was canonized\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"St. Bartolo Longo is an example for those with mental health struggles, priest says","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St.-Bartolo-Longo-is-an-example-for-those-with-mental-health-struggles-priest-says.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St.-Bartolo-Longo-is-an-example-for-those-with-mental-health-struggles-priest-says.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St.-Bartolo-Longo-is-an-example-for-those-with-mental-health-struggles-priest-says.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St.-Bartolo-Longo-is-an-example-for-those-with-mental-health-struggles-priest-says.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9023,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/st-maximilian-kolbes-beard-ewtn-friars-draw-inspiration-from-unusual-relic\/","url_meta":{"origin":18831,"position":5},"title":"St. Maximilian Kolbe\u2019s beard: EWTN friars draw inspiration from unusual relic","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"marzo 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] St. Maximilian Kolbe. \/ Credit: Wikimedia Commons\/public domain CNA Staff, Aug 14, 2024 \/ 16:06 pm (CNA). Aug. 14 is the feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a saint best known for his heroic martyrdom at Auschwitz in 1941, when he volunteered to be executed in place of another prisoner.&nbsp;Like many Catholic saints, there exist today relics of Father Kolbe \u2014 pieces of a saint\u2019s body (first-class) or objects they owned (second-class) that are honored by the Catholic faithful\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kolbe.png?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kolbe.png?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kolbe.png?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1729956614_Hedwig_of_S.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1","mfb_acf":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18831"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=18831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}