Püha Gertrud

Püha Gertrud Helftast ehk Gertrud Suur (6. jaanuar 1256 – u 1302) oli Saksa benediktiini nunn, müstik ja teoloog, katoliku pühakuna Lääne-India kaitsja.

"Püha Gertrudi ekstaas", Pietro Liberi (1605–1687) õlimaal Santa Giustina kloostris Paduas Itaalias

Gertrud Helftasti tunnistas pühakuks 1677. aastal paavst Clemens XII, kes samal ajal kanoniseeris ka Gertrudi Nivellesist. Helfta Gertrudi päev katoliku kirikukalendris on 16. november.

Kirjandus

• Gertrude the Great of Helfta, Spiritual Exercises, Translated, with an Introduction, by Gertrud Jaron Lewis and Jack Lewis. Cistercian Fathers series no. 49, (Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1989)
• Gertrud the Great of Helfta, The Herald of God's Loving-Kindness, books 1 and 2, translated, with an Introduction, by Alexandra Barratt. Cistercian Fathers series no. 35, (Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications, 1991)
• Gertrud the Great of Helfta, The Herald of God's Loving-Kindness, book 3, translated, with an Introduction, by Alexandra Barratt. Cistercian Fathers series no. 63, (Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications, 1999)

Välislingid

• Benedictus XVI "On St. Gertrude" 6. oktoober 2010
• "The Life and Revelations of Saint Gertrude the Great", Internet Archive
• Dolan, Gilbert "St. Gertrude the Great", Sands & Co., London, 1913, Internet Archive
• "St. Gertrude of Helfta" portaalis Christian Iconography