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Gertrude the Great or Gertrude of Helfta (January 6, 1256 – November 17, 1302) was a German Benedictine nun and mystic who was a member of the Monastery of Helfta.While herself a Benedictine, she also has strong ties to the Cistercian Order; her monastery in Helfta is currently occupied by nuns of the Cistercian Order.
Gertrude of Hackeborn (1232–1292) was the abbess of the Benedictine convent of Helfta, near Eisleben in modern Germany. Gertrude was born in 1232 near Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt. She was a member of the Thuringian Hackeborn dynasty and elder sister of Mechtilde .
Mechtilde of Hackeborn, OSB, also known as Mechtilde of Helfta (1240/1241 – 19 November 1298), was a Saxon Christian saint (from what is now Germany) and a Benedictine nun. She was famous for her musical talents, gifted with a beautiful voice.
The monastery of Helfta is a Cistercian monastery of nuns in the city of Eisleben. [1] It was originally active between 1229 and 1545, [ 2 ] and was restored in 1999. [ 1 ] It is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary .
Helfta is about 125 miles southwest of Berlin. ‘Rather mysterious’ 1,050-year-old structure unearthed in Germany. What is it? 3,500-year-old treasures found in rare discovery made by metal ...
Gertrude of Hackeborn (1223–1292), Abbess of Helfta; Saint Gertrude of Hamage (died 649), 7th century saint, founder of the convent Hamage near Douai; Saint Gertrude of Helfta or Gertrude the Great (1256–c. 1302), German Benedictine, mystic, and theologian, Patroness of the West Indies; Gertrude of Hohenberg (c. 1225–1281), Queen consort ...
The nuns of Helfta were highly educated and important works of mysticism survive from Mechthild's younger contemporaries, St Mechthild of Hackeborn and St Gertrude the Great. It is unclear when Mechthild died. 1282 is a commonly cited date, but some scholars believe she lived into the 1290s. [12]
The Counts of Mansfeld in 1229 endowed a nunnery on the grounds of their castle, then built another monastery at Helfta near Eisleben, which was founded in 1258. Governed under either Benedictines or Cistercians, Helfta became known for its powerful and mystical abbesses, most of all Gertrude of Hackeborn, Gertrude the Great and Mechtild of ...