Detail Of A Stained Glass Window Of Blessed Dodone Date And Artist Unknown North Transept Church Of Saint Nicholas Sint Nicolaasga Friesland Netherlands Photographed By Chris Booms For The Rijksdienst Voor Het Cultureel Erfgoed On 30 October 2008 Image

Blessed Dodone Of Haske

Also known as: Dodone of Hanske; Dodone of Haskerdijken; Dodone of Asch; Dodon…; Dodo…

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

30 March (Hanske and Bakkeveen)

Born

In Friesland (in modern Netherlands

Died

30 March 1231 at Haskerdijken, Friesland of injuries sustained when his hermitage collapsed while Dodone was in prayer inside; legend says that immediately at his death the wounds of the stigmata appeared on his body; the church and Premonstratensian house of Our Lady of Rosendaal were built over his grave

Biography

Blessed Dodone of Haske, also known as Dodone of Hanske, Dodone of Haskerdijken, Dodone of Asch, and by various other similar names, was born in Friesland, in modern-day Netherlands. After the death of his father, Dodone was compelled into an arranged marriage for the betterment of his family. However, after a few years, he felt a strong calling to devote his life to God and entered the Premonstratensian Abbey of Mariôngaarde, located near the town of Hallum in Friesland.