Saint Lydwine of Schiedam
Huysmans, J K / Hastings, Agnes
St. Lydwine was bedridden from the age of fifteen, when she broke a rib, and endured a lifelong illness that was probably one of the first documented cases of multiple sclerosis. Her body became covered with sores and abscesses and virtually came apart into three pieces--symbolically representing the condition of the Church. She ate no food except Holy Communion and experienced many mystical phenomena. An incredible story of one of the most he...