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International (USA content)
Catholic Information NetworkGertrude the Great c. 1301 and Mechtilde c. 1298, , , Catholic Information Network (CIN): Church, documents, Pope, saints, Mass readings, Vatican
http://www.cin.org/gergreat.html
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
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10105b.htm
The Ecole Glossary
The Ecole Glossary Mechtilde of Hackeborn The scion of a noble Saxon family, St. Mechtilde entered the convent at Rodorsdorf at the age of seven. She later went to Helfta, where her older sister, ...
http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/glossary/mechtildeh.html
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