Nov 16

Saint Gertrudis Magna

November 16th XIV century Religiosa Virgen

Saint Gertrudis, named "Magna", Virgin, who delivered more earnestly and decisively, from childhood, to loneliness and to the study of letters, and converted completely to God, entered the Cistercian Monastery of Helfta, near Eisleben in Saxony, Germany, where he progressed from admirable mode by the way in perfection, devoted to prayer and contemplation of the crucified Christ. He died the day seventeen (11301/1302).
Name
Gertrudis (Femenino)
Meaning
Fiel defensora, from Germánico
Other saints
Other saints named Gertrudis
Born
en Eisleben, in current Germany
Dead
November 17th 1302 in Eisleben, in current Germany
Celebration
November 16th
Religious
de la Orden de San Benito