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| Short Name: | Mechthild, of Magdeburg |
| Full Name: | Mechthild, of Magdeburg, ca. 1212- ca. 1282 |
| Birth Year (est.): | 1212 |
| Death Year (est.): | 1282 |
Mechthild of Helfta, or Mathilde in modern spelling, was a mystic author who lived in the Cisterian nunnery at Helfta near Eisleben, Germany. She is also known as Mechthild of Hackeborn, her parents' home. She was a younger sister of St. Gerturde of Hackeborn. She is mentioned in Bocaccio's Decameron, VII, 1, and in canto 28 of Dante's Purgatory. Cf. "Liber specialis gratiae" in Revelations Gertrudianae ac Mechtildianae (1877).
Her "Liber specialis gratiae" was popular in England and was translated into English in the fifteenth century. More recently it has been edited by Theresa A. Halligan as The Booke of Gostlye Grace of Mechtild of Hackeborn (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1979).
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Texts by Mechthild, of Magdeburg (21) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behold, My bride, how fair My mouth, Mine eyes | Mechthild of Hellfde, d. 1277 (Author) | English | 1 |
| Dew abundant from the depths divine | Mechthild, of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 1 |
| For Christ, my Lord, my spirit longs, For Christ, my Savior dear | Mechthild von Helfta (Author) | English | 2 |
| He laid him down upon the breast of God | Mechthild, of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 1 |
| I bring unto Thy grace a seven-fold praise | Mechthild, of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 1 |
| I cannot dance, O Love | Mechtild of Magdeburg (Based on the writing of) | 2 | |
| I rejoice that I cannot but love Him | Mechthild of Hellfde, d. 1277 (Author) | English | 1 |
| If the world were mine and all its store | Mechthild, of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 1 |
| It is a wondrous and a lofty road | Mechthild, of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 1 |
| Prayers | Mechthild of Magdeburg, 1212-1283 (Author) | English | 1 |
| Readings | Mechthild of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 3 |
| O Jesus Lord, most fair, most passing sweet | Mechthild, of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 1 |
| Sinner, wilt thou be converted? | Mechthild of Hellfte (Author) | English | 2 |
| The mind saith to the soul | Mechthild of Hellfde, d. 1277 (Author) | English | 1 |
| The mouth of the Lord hath spoken | Mechthild, of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 1 |
| Thou hast shone within this soul of mine | Mechthild, of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 1 |
| Thus speaks the Bride whose feet have trod | Mechthild, of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 1 |
| Twixt God and thee but love shall be | Mechthild, of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 1 |
| What dost thou bring me, O my Queen? | Mechthild, of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 1 |
| When mine eyes are dim with weeping | Mechthild of Hellfde, d. 1277 (Author) | English | 1 |
| Wilt thou, sinner, be converted? | Mechthild, of Magdeburg (Author) | English | 1 |
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