Wivina (1103–1168) was a Benedictine abbess. Born in Oisy France she refused all offers of marriage becoming aged 23 a hermitess at Groot-Bijgaarden near Brussels. She later accepted land from Count Godfrey of Brabant and built a convent and served as its first abbess.
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