Saint Gertrudis, named "Magna", Virgin, who delivered more earnestly and decisively, from childhood, to loneliness and to the study of letters, and converted completely to God, entered the Cistercian Monastery of Helfta, near Eisleben in Saxony, Germany, where he progressed from admirable mode by the way in perfection, devoted to prayer and contemplation of the crucified Christ. He died the day seventeen (11301/1302).
| Celebration | 16 of November Saints of the day |
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| Name |
Gertrudis is a woman's name.
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| Meaning | Fiel defensora, de origen Germánico |
| Birth | on 1256 in Eisleben in current Germany Saints born in Germany |
| Death | on November 17, 1302 in Eisleben in current Germany Saints dead in Germany |
| Process | We have no record of his canonization process. |