Hedwig Codex

Top: family of St. Hedwig – count Berthold IV of Merania and his closest ones. Bottom: wedding ceremony of Hedwig and Henry the Bearded, future Prince of Silesia. Top: from the prince's bedroom – Henry is sleeping, and Hedwig is praying. Top: Battle of Legnica in 1241 between the armies of Henry the Pious, son of St. Hedwig and Mongolian invaders. Bottom: death of Henry II the Pious near Legnica – his soul and the souls of others killed. Bottom: Hedwig washes her grandson in the water in which nuns washed their feet. Top: the clergymen from Poland requesting Pope Urban IV about canonization of St. Hedwig. Bottom: prayer of Pope Clement IV for intercession of St. Hedwig so that his daughter could regain sight. Her miraculous healing decided that the Silesian duchess was appointed saint.