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Detail of A Statue of Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn By Johann Georg Üblhör Date Unknown Altar of Saint John of Nepomuk Monastery Church Engelhartszell Upper Austria Austria Photographed On 27 September 2015 By Wolfgang Sauber
Detail of A Statue of Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn By Johann Georg Üblhör Date Unknown Altar of Saint John of Nepomuk Monastery Church Engelhartszell Upper Austria Austria Photographed On 27 September 2015 By Wolfgang Sauber

Saint Mechtilde of Helfta

Also known as: Mechtilde of Hackeborn-Wippra; Mechtilde of Hackenborn; Mechtilde of Magdaburg; Mathilda of….; Mathildis of….; Matilda of….; Maud of….; Mechthild of….; Mechtild of….; Mechtildis of….; The Nightingale of Helfta

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

November 19

Died

November 19, 1298

Biography

Saint Mechtilde of Helfta, also known as Mechtilde of Hackeborn-Wippra, Mechtilde of Hackenborn, Mechtilde of Magdeburg, Mathilda, Mathildis, Matilda, Maud, Mechthild, Mechtild, and Mechtildis, was a renowned Christian mystic and visionary. Born into a pious and influential Thuringian noble family around 1241, Mechtilde grew up in the castle of Helfta near Eisleben, Saxony, Germany....

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