August 13th

Blessed Gertrude of Altenberg

Blessed · Common of Abbesses · Altenberg, Germany

In the monastery of Altenberg in the land called Germany, Blessed Gertrude, abbess of the Premonstratensian Order, who as a little girl was offered to God in this place by her mother, Saint Elizabeth, queen of Hungary.

Latin Original

In monastério Aldenburgénsi in terra Vocatórum Germánis, beatae Gertrüdis, abbatíssze ex Ordine Pramonstraténsi, quae adhuc puéllula a matre sancta Elísabeth, regína Hungáriz, hoc in loco Deo obláta est.