Gertrude of Hackeborn

Gertrude of Hackeborn
Gertrude of Hackeborn
Cistercian Abbess of Helfta, near Eisleben; born near Halberstadt in 1232; died towards the end of 1292

Catholic Encyclopedia. . 2006.

Gertrude of Hackeborn
    Gertrude of Hackeborn
     Catholic_Encyclopedia Gertrude of Hackeborn
    Cistercian Abbess of Helfta, near Eisleben; born near Halberstadt in 1232; died towards the end of 1292. She belonged to the noble Thuringian family of Hackeborn and was a sister of St. Mechtild. At an early age she entered the Cistercian convent of Rodersdorf, of which she was elected abbess in 1251 when she was only nineteen years of old. In 1253 she founded, with the assistance of her two brothers, Albert and Louis, the convent of Hedersleben. Because her own convent suffered from want of water she obtained from her brothers the castle of Helpeda, of Helfta, with its surrounding land, and transferred her community to that place in 1258. During her rule, the convent of Helfta became the most famous abode of asceticism and mysticism in Germany. She required her nuns to be educated in the liberal arts, but insisted especially on the study of Holy Scripture. Gertrude was a model abbess, remarkable for her piety as well as prudent direction of her nuns. About a year and a half before her death, the abbess was seized with apoplexy, and during her sickness gave to all her nuns an example of heroic patience and resignation to the will of God. The Abbess Gertrude must not be confounded with St. Gertrude "the Great". The Abbess Gertrude never wrote anything, received no extraordinary revelations from God, and has not been canonized. She was born more than 20 years before Gertrude "the Great", who lived as an ordinary nun in the same convent.
    MICHAEL OTT
    Transcribed by Joseph P. Thomas In memory of Frances M. Ratajezak

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company. . 1910.


Catholic encyclopedia.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Gertrude of Hackeborn — (1223 1292) was the Abbess of the Cistercian convent of Helfta, near Eisleben in modern Germany. She was a member of the Hackeborn dynasty and a sister of St. Mechtilde. At a young age she ented the Cistercian convent of Roderdorf, where she was… …   Wikipedia

  • Gertrude the Great — Infobox Saint name=Saint Gertrude birth date=January 6, 1256 death date=November 17, 1302 feast day=November 16 venerated in=Roman Catholic Church imagesize= caption= birth place=Eisleben, Thuringia death place=Helfta, Saxony titles=Virgin… …   Wikipedia

  • St. Gertrude the Great —     St. Gertrude the Great     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Gertrude the Great     Benedictine and mystic writer; born in Germany, 6 Jan., 1256; died at Helfta, near Eisleben, Saxony, 17 November, 1301 or 1302. Nothing is known of her family,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Saint Mechtilde — Mechtilde redirects here. For other people of this and related names, see Matilda (name). Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1240/1241 – 19 November 1298) was a Saxon Christian saint (from what is now Germany) and a Benedictine nun. Her feast day is… …   Wikipedia

  • St. Mechtilde —     St. Mechtilde     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Mechtilde     (MATILDA VON HACKEBORN WIPPRA).     Benedictine; born in 1240 or 1241 at the ancestral castle of Helfta, near Eisleben, Saxony; died in the monastery of Helfta, 19 November, 1298.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Этаж наследия — «Этаж наследия» (англ. Heritage Floor)  композиция, составляющая единый объект с инсталляцией «Званый ужин» Джуди Чикаго, отдающей дань уважения достижениям и тяготам женского труда и имеющей форму треугольного банкетного стола на 39… …   Википедия

  • Matilda, Saint — • Matilda, Saint. Biography of the Queen of Germany, wife of Henry I (the Fowler). She died in 968 • Matilda, Saint. Born Matilda von Hackeborn Wippra, blood sister of the Abbess Gertrude von Hackeborn, monastic herself. Quite plausibly the model …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Mechtilde, Saint — • Born Matilda von Hackeborn Wippra, blood sister of the Abbess Gertrude von Hackeborn, monastic herself. Quite plausibly the model for Matelda in Dante s Purgatorio. She died in 1298 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Gertrud (Vorname) — Gertrud, auch Gertrude, Gertraud ist ein weiblicher Vorname. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Herkunft 2 Popularität 3 Varianten 4 Namenstag …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gertrud von Helfta — Gertrud die Große[1] Die heilige Gertrud von Helfta, auch Gertrud die Große, (* 6. Januar 1256; † 17. November 1301 oder 1302) war Nonne im Kloster Helfta bei Eisleben. Als bedeutende Mystikerin, Theolo …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”