Gertrude the Great, OSB (or Saint Gertrude of Helfta; Italian: Santa Gertrude, German: Gertrud die Große von Helfta, Latin: Sancta Gertrudis; January...

Seligenthal [de] in 1999. The new buildings incorporate some of the ruins of the old. During the abbacy of Gertrude of Hackeborn (r. 1251–1292), Helfta became...

The visions of Jesus to Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn of the convent of Helfta were mentioned by Pope Benedict XVI in a General Audience of September 29...

(1242–1312) Angela of Foligno (1248–1309) Gertrude the Great (1256–1302), also known as Gertrude of Helfta Juliana of Cornillon (d.1258) Ida van Leeuw...

another monastery at Helfta near Eisleben, which was founded in 1258. Governed under either Benedictines or Cistercians, Helfta became known for its powerful...

of Hackeborn (1241-1299), a Cistercian nun of the convent of Our Lady of Helfta, reportedly experienced three visions of the Virgin Mary. Mechtilde was...

articulated this in his commentary on the Song of Songs. The women of Helfta – Gertrude foremost, who surely knew Bernard's commentary, and to a somewhat...

she also became blind. Around 1272, she joined the Cistercian nunnery at Helfta, near Eisleben, which offered her protection and support in the final years...

VII – 25 September 1728 Duke Wenceslaus of Bohemia – 14 March 1729 Gertrude of Helfta – 20 July 1738 Further equipollent canonizations include those of...

(1243–1316) Godfrey of Fontaines (1250–1306/9) James of Viterbo (1255–1307) Gertrude of Helfta (1256–1302) Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)...