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On Tue, 4 Mar 1997 [log in to unmask] wrote: > Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 23:10:01 +0000 (GMT) > From: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FEAST 28 February > > Today, 28 February, is the feast of ... > > * Hedwig of Poland, matron (1399) > - married at age thirteen to a non-Christian, she converted > him by her example, and the two of them set off to convert > many Lithuanians Jadwiga was the daughter of Casimir, the last Piast king of Poland. Her husband, Jagiello, was ruler of Lithuania. His conversion, and that of his people, deprived the Teutonic Knights of much of their claim to be on crusade against the pagans. And their defeat at Tannenberg also reduced the military power of the knights. The vehement polemics of John Falkenberg, the apologist for the knights, were denounced by the Poles to the Council of Constance as heretical. tom izbicki %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%