Gertrude the Great, OSB was a German Benedictine nun and mystic from the monastery of Helfta. She is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church and figures in the General Roman Calendar on November 16 for optional celebration as a memorial throughout the Roman Rite.
Saint Gertrude of Helfta in ecstasy
Saint Gertrude by anonymous artist
Gertrude of Helfta: in Merazhofen Parish Church, Choir
Saint Getrude pictured with the Sacred Heart, by Szymon Czechowicz
Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is famous as both the hometown of the influential theologian Martin Luther and the place where he died; hence, its official name is Lutherstadt Eisleben.
Eisleben
Convent of Our Lady, Helfta
Martin Luther as a monk in 1520
Friedrich August von Quenstedt in 1868