Yvette of Huy, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yvette of Huy (or simply Yvette) (1158 - 13 January 1228) was a venerated Christian prophetess and anchoress. Born in Huy, Belgium, she was also known as Ivetta, Jufta or Jutta of Huy. She was born into a wealthy but not particularly religious family, close to the bishop of Liège, and from an early age tried to live a religious life from her home. Yvette was forced into an arranged marriage aged thirteen and had three children (one died while still an infant) before she was widowed at eighteen. She used the opportunity to retire to a leper derelict hospital in Statte, close to Huy, on the heights of the river Meuse to tend to the inmates, and more fully follow her religious calling.