Venerable
Mathilda of Essen
A venerable mother of Essen in Germany, who reposed in 1011.
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- Reposed
- 101111th century
- Place
- Essen
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Mathilda of Essen was abbess of Essen Abbey from 973 until her death on 5 November 1011. A granddaughter of Emperor Otto I, she was one of the most important abbesses in the abbey's history: she oversaw its buildings, relics, liturgical vessels and manuscripts, and the education of the sisters.
The sources consulted show no canonization and no feast day; she is recorded as a historical figure. She is sometimes called Mathilda II, to tell her apart from an earlier abbess of the same name whose existence is disputed.