Catholic Encyclopedia - St. Mechtilde, born Matilda von Hackeborn-Wippra, blood sister of the Abbess Gertrude von Hackeborn, monastic herself. Quite plausibly the model for Matelda in Dante's "Purgatorio". She died in 1298. www.newadvent.org/cathen/10105b.htm
For All the Saints - St. Mechtilde is celebrated the same day (16 November) as her protégée St. Gertrude the Great. users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/1116.htm#mech
The Ecole Glossary - Brief biography of St. Mechtilde of Hackeborn. cedar.evansville.edu/~ecoleweb/glossary/mechtildeh.html
