Mechtildis of Edelstetten

Saint Mechtildis was a Benedictine abbess and renowned miracle worker. Mechtildis was the  daughter of Count Berthold of Andechs, whose wife, Sophie, founded a monastery on their estate at Diessen, Bavaria, and placed their daughter there at the age of five. In 1153, the Bishop of Augsburg placed her as Abbess of Edelstetten Abbey. Mechtildis was known for her mystical gifts and miracles. She would later die at Diessen, Germany, on 31 May 1160. Her adorned remains lie in a glass shrine within the Marienmünster church of that town.

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Category:German Roman Catholic saints
Category:12th-century Christian saints
Category:1160 deaths
Category:Benedictine abbesses
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:Christian female saints of the Middle Ages