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in reply to a message by Shaymin
Shaymin,
My first language is Polish and I can't make sense of this one. I asked my mom and she can't place it but said it sounds like something from a story or legend and could even be transliterated from a language with a different alphabet.
I was getting ready to hit post when I found this Polish wiki entry for Wizenna/Wisenna:
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizenna
It appears that a woman named Wizenna/Wisenna was the first abbess of a Benedictine convent in Staniątki founded by her parents. During the Tatar/Tartar raids she saved the community by taking a picture of the virgin Mary in procession around it(or so the legend says).
My first language is Polish and I can't make sense of this one. I asked my mom and she can't place it but said it sounds like something from a story or legend and could even be transliterated from a language with a different alphabet.
I was getting ready to hit post when I found this Polish wiki entry for Wizenna/Wisenna:
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizenna
It appears that a woman named Wizenna/Wisenna was the first abbess of a Benedictine convent in Staniątki founded by her parents. During the Tatar/Tartar raids she saved the community by taking a picture of the virgin Mary in procession around it(or so the legend says).
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How is Wisenna / Wizenna pronounced?
This message was edited 7/17/2009, 6:17 PM
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Wisenna is vee-SEHN-nah
Wizenna is vee-ZEHN-nah
Both Ns are pronounced.
Wizenna is vee-ZEHN-nah
Both Ns are pronounced.
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