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Tag: Gertrude the Great
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Gertrude the Great
St Gertrude (1256 – 1302) was born in Eisleben, Germany. She was sent to a monastery at the age of four, possibly because she was orphaned or her parents offered her as a child oblate to the Church.
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St Gertrude The Great
Featured Saint: St Gertrude the Great (1256 – 1302) St Gertrude was born at Eisleben in Germany. She was sent to a monastery at the age of four, possibly because she was orphaned or her parents offered her as a child oblate to the Church. St Gertrude received a good education, as demonstrated by her…