Gertrude the Great (or Saint Gertrude of Helfta) (Italian: Santa Gertrude) (January 6 1256 – ca. 1302) was a German Benedictine mystic and theologian. She is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and is inscribed in the General Roman Calendar for celebration throughout the Latin Rite on November 16.
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