Püha Gertrud

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

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

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