Saint Mathilda, Queen: For all the Saints Series Posters and Art Prints

St. Mathilda was the daughter of Theodoric, a Saxon Count. At an early age she was placed in the monastery of Erfurt under the care of Maud, her grandmother, who was Abbess of the monastery which she had entered after the death of her husband. She remained in the convent until her marriage, in 913, to Henry "the Fowler". He Duke in 916 on the death of his father, and in 919 he was chosen to succeeded Conrad as King of Germany. The pious Queen adorned the throne by her many virtues. She visited and comforted the sick and the afflicted, instructed the ignorant, succored prisoners, and endeavored to convert sinners, and her husband concurred with her in her pious undertakings. She died in 968. Memorial: March 14th.