Mechtild von Dießen
Mechtild von Dießen , also Mechthild (is) von Dießen and Mathilde von Andechs , (* around 1125, † May 31, 1160 in Dießen am Ammersee ) was Augustinian choirwoman and abbess of Edelstetten .
Life
Mechthild was the daughter of Count Berthold II von Andechs . She had six siblings or half-siblings, including Berthold III. von Andechs († 1188), Otto VI. von Andechs († 1196, Bishop of Brixen and Bamberg) and Euphemia († 1180, Abbess of Altomünster Abbey ). At the age of five she was accepted into the St. Stephan canonical monastery in St. Georgen (Dießen).
Mechthild later became the monastery novice master . In 1153 Pope Anastasius IV sent her as abbess to Edelstetten Abbey. She should reform this, as the condition of the convent and monastery complex left a lot to be desired. Six years later, she returned to Dießen, hapless and ailing, where she died shortly afterwards.
Adoration
Mechthild already had the reputation of a saint during his lifetime. Her vita was written around 1200. In 1468 their bones were raised and a Mechthild cult emerged, which can still be found in the Ammersee region today. Your decorated bones are kept in a glass shrine in Marienmünster Dießen .
She is called as the patroness against thunderstorms. In the anteroom of the former collegiate church, a so-called Mechtildisstein is exhibited, on which, according to tradition, the blessed rested. According to popular belief, touching the stone helps relieve headaches.
The feast day of the Mechthild in the order is July 6th .
literature
- Paul Bayerschmidt: Mechthild von Diessen - a German saint of the early Middle Ages. Munich 1936.
- Hans Pörnbacher: Mechthild von Dießen and Andechs, Abbess of Edelstetten. 2nd improved edition. Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 1992, ISBN 3-87437-329-0
- Ekkart Sauser : Mechthild von Dießen. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 974.
Web links
- Literature by and about Mechtild von Dießen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints: Mechthildis von Dießen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mechtild von Dießen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mechthild von Dießen; Mechthildis of Dießen; Mathilde von Andechs |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Augustinian choirwoman and Abbess von Edelstetten |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1125 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1160 |
| Place of death | Dießen am Ammersee |