use of these prayers in their monasteries, and women such as Marguerite d'Oyngt (d. 1310) and Mechthild of Hackeborn took it up. In the description of her...
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nuns of Helfta were highly educated and important works of mysticism survive from Mechthild's younger contemporaries, St Mechthild of Hackeborn and St...
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Gertrude the Great (redirect from Gertrude of Helfta)
commentary, and to a somewhat lesser extent the two Mechthilds, Mechthild of Magdeburg and Mechthild of Hackeborn—made this devotion central to their mystical...
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of Henry III, Count of Sayn Mechthild of Hackeborn (1241–1299), Cistercian and Christian mystic, saint Mechthild of Cleves [de] (d. 1309), duchess of...
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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...
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Confraternity of Three Hail Marys to the Arch Confraternity of Three Hail Marys. Mechthild of Hackeborn of Hackeborn (1241–1299), a Cistercian nun of the convent...
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Helfta became the foremost centre of female mysticism [de] in Germany. Mechthild of Magdeburg, Mechthild of Hackeborn and Gertrude the Great all lived...
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Mechthild of Hackeborn: The Book of Special Grace, translated by Barbara Newman (2017, ISBN 080910637X) Mechthild of Magdeburg: The Flowing Light of the...
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whether Dante is referring to the Margravine, Mechthild of Magdeburg or Mechthild of Hackeborn is still a matter of dispute. In the fifteenth century, Matilda...
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Matilda (name) (redirect from Matilda (of England))
(Spanish) Matilda of Ringelheim (968) Mechtildis of Edelstetten, Dießen, Andechs (1160) Mechthild of Magdeburg (1282/1294) Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1240/41 –...
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women whose names are displayed on the handmade white tiles of the Heritage Floor as part of Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party art installation (1979); there...
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Barbara Newman (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
has explored figures such as Julian of Norwich, Heloise and Abelard, Thomas of Cantimpré, Mechthild of Hackeborn, Marguerite Porete, Henry Suso, and Guillaume...
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Abbess of Gandersheim, Ava, Hildegard of Bingen, Elisabeth of Schönau, Herrad of Landsberg, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Mechthild of Hackeborn, Gertrude...
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Marguerite d'Oingt (of Mionnay) (c.1240–1306/1310) Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1241–1299) Christina von Stommeln (1242–1312) Angela of Foligno (1248–1309)...
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children's writer, illustrator Mechthild of Magdeburg (c.1207–c.1282/94), mystic, writing in Low German Mechthild of Hackeborn (1240/41–1298), religious writer...
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Mechthilde of Hackeborn and Gertrude the Great, Mystics, 1298 and 1302 22 Clive Staples Lewis, Apologist and spiritual writer, 1963 23 Clement of Rome, Bishop...
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second of six daughters born of her father's second marriage. She joined the association of the Company of the Daughters of Mary in the parish of San Massimo...
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founder of the Bridgettines. Outside Sweden, she was also known as the Princess of Nericia and was the mother of Catherine of Vadstena. Bridget is one of the...
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Margaret Mary Alacoque (category Visions of Jesus and Mary)
of Jesus in its modern form. Alacoque was born in 1647 in L'Hautecour, Burgundy, France, now part of the commune of Verosvres, then in the Duchy of Burgundy...
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