Ida von Nivelles

Ida of Nivelles (c.1190 – 11 December 1231) was a beatified Cistercian nun and mystic.

Biography Ida was born into a prosperous mercantile family in Nivelles, an important market town and pilgrimage destination in Brabant, a short distance to the south of Brussels. She reported numerous visions and other experiences by which she had been affected, and developing a particularly close relationship with the Virgin Mary. Her experiences were sufficiently widely attested for her to become identified as a woman mystic. She is also celebrated for her exceptional dedication to poverty relief. She was later beatified. The church celebrates her each year on 12 December.