Gertrude, St (2)
Gertrude, St
born in 626, was the daughter of Pepin of Landen, majordomo of the king of Austrasia, France. She was religiously brought up, and finally entered the nunnery of Nivelles, nine miles from Brussels, of which she was elected abbess at the early age of twenty. She died there March 17, 659, and that day has since been kept in commemoration of her throughout Brabant. Acta Sanctorum, March 17.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Gertrude, St (2)
was born at Eisleben, Germany, and became in 1294 abbess of a congregation of Benedictine nuns at Roberdorf. She was thoroughly versed in Latin and the holy Scriptures, but is particularly known for the visionary mysticism of her piety. A series of editions of her Insinuationum diiince pietatis exercitia appeared during the 16th and 17th centuries. Mege published an edition in 1664, and in 1676 translated it, together with her biography, into French. She died in 1334. Her saint’s day is November 15. Herzog, Real-Encyklop. 5:100.