Gertrude of Aldenberg
Premonstratensian canoness
Feast: 13 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Gertrude, daughter of St Elizabeth of Hungary, was brought as a small child to the Premonstratensian convent of Altenberg, became a nun, and at twenty-one was elected abbess, ruling for forty-nine years.
With her inheritance she built a church and a poorhouse, caring for its inmates herself and living in great mortification. She was one of the first to keep the feast of Corpus Christi in Germany, from 1270. She died on 13 August 1297.
The miracles
Pope Clement VI allowed her feast to be kept at the convent of Altenberg.
Why that counted as sanctity
St Elizabeth's daughter, who served the poor and loved the Eucharist.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Elizabeth of Hungary Saint Parent, Mother“She was the daughter of Elizabeth of Hungary and of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia.” — Wikipedia
- Louis IV Blessed Father, Parent“She was the daughter of Elizabeth of Hungary and of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia.” — Wikipedia
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Gertrude
- Wikidata Q442889 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gertrude of Aldenberg (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.