St. Mechtilde, 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.

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Essay on SS. Gertrude the Great and Mechtilde.

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Brief biography of St. Mechtilde of Hackeborn.

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St. Mechtilde is celebrated the same day (16 November) as her prot?g?e St. Gertrude the Great.

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