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Blessed Gertrude of Altenberg

detail of the bas-relief tombstone of Blessed Gertrud von Altenberg; date unknown, sculptor unknown; Altenberg Convent; photographed on 9 September 2012 by Cherubino; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Memorial

13 August

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Daughter of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and Louis IV, landgrave of Thuringia. Educated at Altenberg Abbey. Cistercian nun at Altenberg. Chosen abbess when very young, and led the house for 50 years.

Born

1227

13 August 1297 of natural causes

1311 by Pope Clement VI (cultus confirmed and limited to the Altenberg monastery)
11 July 1729 by Pope Benedict XIII (cultus confirmation and extended to the entire Order)

Additional Information

Catholic Encyclopedia

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Order of Premonstre

images
- Wikimedia Commons

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Gertrude of Altenberg“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 January 2018. Web. 13 May 2021. <>