Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg | |
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![]() Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg, O. Praem. | |
Born | October 1227 |
Died | 13 August 1297 |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Feast | 13 August |
Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg O. Praem, (c. October 1227 – 13 August 1297) was a German noblewoman and abbess. She was the daughter of Elizabeth of Hungary and of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. She became a Premonstratensian canoness regular at the Abbey of Aldenberg, near Wetzlar, in the Diocese of Trier, where she spent much of her life leading the community as its abbess. She was beatified in 1728, her feast is August 13. [1]