Mechtildis of Edelstetten

Saint Mechtildis
Admission of St. Mechtildis to Edelstetten Abbey
Born	Bavaria, Germany
Died	31 May 1160 Diessen, Bavaria, Germany
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Feast	31 May

Saint Mechtildis was a Benedictine abbess and renowned miracle worker. Mechtildis was the daughter of Count Berthold of Andechs, whose wife, Sophie, founded a monastery on their estate at Diessen, Bavaria, and placed their daughter there at the age of five. In 1153, the Bishop of Augsburg placed her as Abbess of Edelstetten Abbey. Mechtildis was known for her mystical gifts and miracles. She would later die at Diessen, Germany, on 31 May 1160. Her adorned remains lie in a glass shrine within the Marienmünster church of that town.