Last year Patty Knap wrote a column about St. Gertrude the Great (1256-1302) and her love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and for the Holy Souls of purgatory. St. Gertrude the Great is perhaps best ...

And of this rarefied collection—which includes St. Albert the Great, St. Gertrude the Great, and a clutch of popes (Sts. Leo, Gregory, Nicolas, Innocent, and most recently John Paul II ...

The young Gertrude's teacher, later canonized in her own right, was the abbess' sister Saint Matilda of Hackeborn. A gifted student with a great thirst for knowledge, Gertrude excelled in her ...

SHE is called the Great because of her mystical experiences ... according to Christian Classics of Thomas More Publication. Saint Gertrude became known because of her writings that were ...

Dorothy Disse, at "Other Women's Voices," provides links to online sites about St. Gertrude, excerpts from translations of her writings in print, and information about secondary sources ...

These days many celebrate St Patrick’s Day ... soon usurped the kings to take the throne for themselves. Gertrude’s great-great-great-nephew was Charlemagne, who became the first Holy Roman ...