RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mechtilde

1241 - 1298

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Mechtilde of Hackeborn, OSB, also known as Mechtilde of Helfta (1240/1241 – 19 November 1298), was a Saxon Christian saint (from what is now Germany) and a Benedictine nun. She was famous for her musical talents, gifted with a beautiful voice. At the age of 50, Mechtilde went through a grave spiritual crisis, as well as physical suffering. In the modern Benedictine calendar, her feast is celebrated on the anniversary of her death, November 19. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mechtilde is the 875th most popular religious figure (up from 1,047th in 2019), the 983rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,485th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mechtilde ranks 875 out of 3,187. Before her are Antipas of Pergamum, Sa'id bin Zayd, Onesimus, Acacius of Constantinople, Mary of Bethany, and Sergius of Radonezh. After her are Frances Xavier Cabrini, Antipope Paschal, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Louise de Marillac, Brother Roger, and Peter of Verona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1241, Mechtilde ranks 1. After her are Eleanor of Castile, Alexander III of Scotland, Leszek II the Black, Isabella of France, Queen of Navarre, Sophia of Denmark, Vasily of Kostroma, and Gregory II of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1298, Mechtilde ranks 3. Before her are Adolf of Germany, and Jacobus da Varagine. After her are Yolanda of Poland, Ram Khamhaeng, Smilets of Bulgaria, Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Thoros III, King of Armenia, Albert II, Duke of Saxony, Yang Hui, and Peter John Olivi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Mechtilde ranks 983 out of 7,253. Before her are Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715), Hans Scholl (1918), Christina of Saxony (1461), Agnes of Merania (1175), and Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709). After her are Hartmann von Aue (1160), Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831), Horst Buchholz (1933), Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788), Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671), and Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Mechtilde ranks 22. Before her are Albert of Brandenburg (1490), Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700), Johann Tetzel (1460), Gertrude the Great (1256), Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1947), and Margot Frank (1926). After her are Therese Neumann (1898), Georg Ratzinger (1924), Bruno of Querfurt (970), Killing of Peter Fechter (1944), Severinus of Noricum (410), and Walter Kasper (1933).

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