# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mechtilde
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:34:28.274Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mechtilde"
name: "Mechtilde"
slug: "mechtilde"
description: "Mechtilde of Hackeborn, OSB, also known as Mechtilde of Helfta, was a Saxon Benedictine nun known for her musical talents and spiritual revelations. At the age of 50, Mechtilde went through a grave spiritual crisis, as well as physical suffering. In the modern Benedictine calendar, her feast is celebrated on the anniversary of her death, November 19. She died in the convent of Helfta, near Eisleben."
tagline: "Saxon Christian saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saint_Mechtildis_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1241"
deathDate: "1298"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.55
  momentum:             22.09855256349369
  historical:           19.15195066666667
  currentAttention:     28.04
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matilde_di_Hackeborn"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "القديسه ميتشتيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilde_de_Hackeborn"
    title: "Matilde de Hackeborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechtilda_z_Hackebornu"
    title: "Mechtilda z Hackebornu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechthild_von_Hackeborn"
    title: "Mechthild von Hackeborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%87%CE%B8%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B4%CE%B7_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A7%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BD"
    title: "Μεχθίλδη του Χάκεμπορν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechthild_of_Hackeborn"
    title: "Mechthild of Hackeborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechthild_von_Hackeborn"
    title: "Mechthild von Hackeborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilde_de_Hackeborn"
    title: "Matilde de Hackeborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilde_Hackebornekoa"
    title: "Matilde Hackebornekoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechthild_von_Hackeborn"
    title: "Mechthild von Hackeborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechtilde_de_Hackeborn"
    title: "Mechtilde de Hackeborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackeborni_Szent_Mechtild"
    title: "Hackeborni Szent Mechtild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechtildis_dari_Hackeborn"
    title: "Mechtildis dari Hackeborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilde_di_Hackeborn"
    title: "Matilde di Hackeborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E3%83%A1%E3%83%92%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88"
    title: "ハッケボルンのメヒティルト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancta_Mechtildis"
    title: "Sancta Mechtildis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechtylda_z_Hackeborn"
    title: "Mechtylda z Hackeborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilde_de_Hackeborn"
    title: "Matilde de Hackeborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Святая Мехтильда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehthilda_iz_Hackenborna"
    title: "Mehthilda iz Hackenborna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mektilde_wa_Hackeborn"
    title: "Mektilde wa Hackeborn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechtilde_(1241_do%C4%9Fumlu_azize)"
    title: "Mechtilde (1241 doğumlu azize)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Мехтільда Гакеборнзька"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68598"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump