Gertrude the Great, Saint

Look at other dictionaries:

• 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

• Gertrude the Great — (1256–c. 1302)    Saint, Mystic and Devotional Writer.    Gertrude was born in Eisleben and was educated at the convent in Helfta in Thuringia. In 1281, at the age of twenty five, she had her first mystical experience and from then on she led a… …   Who’s Who in Christianity

• 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

• List of people known as The Great — This is a list of people whose names in English are commonly appended with the phrase the Great , or who were called that or an equivalent phrase in their own language. Other languages have their own suffixes such as e Bozorg and e azam in… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• The Benedictine Order —     The Benedictine Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Benedictine Order     The Benedictine Order comprises monks living under the Rule of St. Benedict, and commonly known as black monks . The order will be considered in this article under… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Gertrude — or Gertrud may refer to:*The underwater phone used by submarines for communication *Gertrude (Hamlet), Hamlet s mother * Gertrud (novel), by Hermann Hesse * Gertrud (play), by Hjalmar Söderberg * Gertrud (film), a 1964 Danish film based on… …   Wikipedia

• Saint Gertrude — can refer to: *Gertrude of Nivelles (626 ndash;659) *Gertrude the Great (1256 ndash;1301), who was not formally canonised …   Wikipedia

• The Carmelite Order —     The Carmelite Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carmelite Order     One of the mendicant orders.     Origin     The date of the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been under discussion from the fourteenth century to …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Saint Amandus —     St. Amandus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Amandus     One of the great apostles of Flanders; born near Nantes, in France, about the end of the sixth century. He was, apparently, of noble extraction. When a youth of twenty, he fled from… …   Catholic encyclopedia