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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.
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 ...
In 1234, the nuns moved to Rossdorf and, in 1258, relocated a final time to Helfta , then just outside Eisleben. During the conflicts of the reign of Bishop Albert II of Halberstadt ( r. 1325–1358 ), the monastery was devastated and the 100 nuns of the community moved to Neuhelfta, a site closer to the city walls, in 1346.
Gertrude of Flanders, Duchess of Lorraine (c. 1070–1117) 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
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.
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