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Author: n / a of the Middle Ages. Vivina was a Flemish had received good education.
Around fifteen years decided to leave the world and the home of his father. then had several suitors who distinguished between a young nobleman named Ricardo, who's parents were welcomed Vivina. |
When Ricardo, who was deeply in love with Vivina, learned that she was not ready to marry, he fell seriously ill, the risk of his life. | Feeling responsible for his illness, she prayed and fasted for him until he regained his health, in an apparently miraculous. At twenty years Vivina father left the house stealthily taking a psalter. |
With another partner built a chapel with branches near Brussels, in the forest of Grand-Bigard. | But the people of the city, driven by curiosity, came to see her and not leave her in peace. Count Godfrey of Brabant offered land and money to found a monastery and the saint gladly accepted. |
Vivina and community were placed under the direction of abbot of Afflighem. The monastery, which still exists, was located near Aalst and was then populated by monks who were more like angels than men, according to the testimony of San Bernardo. Under such auspices, the convent-Bigard Grnad began to prosper, but the abbess had to face many difficulties, in fact, some of his subjects felt that it was fairly quiet, especially in a matter of penance, not were able to shut their opinion. Santa Vivina warned that they were being deceived by the devil, but had to work a miracle to convince them. After the death of St. Vivina, the monastery became a place of pilgrimage. God worked many miracles at the tomb of the saint, his relics are now in Our Lady of Sablon, in Brussels.  | | |
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