St. Hedwig Cemetery (Michigan)

For other places with the same name, see St. Hedwig Cemetery (disambiguation).

St. Hedwig Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery located in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, USA. It was founded in 1924, and is operated by the Conventual Franciscans of Saint Bonaventure Province. Spanning some 70 acres (280,000 m2) of land, it is meticulously landscaped and adorned with numerous monuments, as well as a large mausoleum. It is named for Saint Hedwig of Andechs.[1] Though the metropolitan Detroit area has historically had a large number of persons of Polish heritage, the cemetery was not named for Jadwiga of Poland, the Queen of Poland who was canonized a saint in 1997.

Notable burials

St. Hedwig Cemetery has the interred remains of several World War I and World War II veterans.

References

  1. ↑ "St. Hedwig Cemetery". Find a Grave. Retrieved October 17, 2010. This cemetery is named for St. Hedwig. Hedwig (c. 1174 - 1243) was also known as Jawiga...

Coordinates: 42°20′02″N 83°16′09″W / 42.3339°N 83.2691°W / 42.3339; -83.2691


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