(1150–1224). Blessed Christina was born in the town of Saint-Trond. After the death of her parents, she took to tending sheep and eventually lived as a laywoman at the monastery of Sainte-Catherine. Christina’s life is described in a vita...

Christina the Astonishing (1150 – 1224), also known as Christina Mirabilis, was a Christian holy-woman born in Brustem (near Sint-Truiden, Belgium) in 1150. She is sometimes considered a saint. Christina is as much remembered for her faith as for her...