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Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Saint Mathilde South Side Chapel Church of Saint Pancratius Kirnberg An Der Mank Lower Austria Date And Artist Unknown Photographed On 17 June 2016 By Bsonne
Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Saint Mathilde South Side Chapel Church of Saint Pancratius Kirnberg An Der Mank Lower Austria Date And Artist Unknown Photographed On 17 June 2016 By Bsonne

Saint Matilda of Saxony

Also known as: Matilda of Germany; Matilda of Ringelheim; Matilda, Queen of Germany; Mathilde; Mathildis; Maud

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Feast Day

14-Mar

Born

C.895 at Engern, Westphalia, Germany

Died

14 March 968 at Quedlinburg, Germany of natural causes; buried in the monastery at Quedlinburg

Biography

Saint Matilda of Saxony, also known as Matilda of Germany or Matilda of Ringelheim, was born around 895 in Engern, Westphalia, Germany. She was the daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark. After the death of her parents, Matilda was raised by her grandmother, who was the abbess of the Eufurt.

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