Talk:Mechthild of Magdeburg

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Correct feast day?
This work, "", gives her feast day as October 31. November 19 is assigned to Agnes of Assisi. How can this be?-- Auric    talk  19:04, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Suggested grammar clarification
I think that the reference to controversy caused by "her criticism of church dignitaries, religious laxity and claims to theological insight" sounds unclear. It sounds like the article is saying that Mechthild herself was the one who was religiously lax, which doesn't make sense in context. I think that what was meant was probably "her criticism of church dignitaries and of religious laxity." I don't know though, whether the author meant that she got in trouble for her own claims of theological insight, or for her criticism of others' claims. P.S. It is possible that the grammar is correct after all, if the dignities, the laxity and the claims were all being criticized by Mechthild (i.e., if they weren't her own claims but someone else's claims which she did not believe).

Query about Vollmann-Profe's translation
There is an invisible comment asking why the book by Vollmann-Profe is a translation. It is an edition of the Middle High German text and a translation into modern German (=New High German). So can the invisible comment be removed? I'm new to Wikipedia so don't know this.

The illustration
The Spanish caption in commons describes "Cídipe" writing to "Aconcio". That is Cydippe/Kydippe (es), an Ancient Athenian noblewoman, writing to some Akontios. What, if any, would be her relation to Mechtchild? If there is any, it is far from evident. --Ehitaja (talk) 23:17, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Possible confusion of two Mechthilds on this page
I am afraid there may be some erroneous information here. There were two related persons having the same Christian name, Mechtildis in Latin, sancta Mechtildis and soror Mechtildis. This is quite clear from the title page of the 1877 edition: Sanctae Mechtildis, Virginis O.S.B. Liber Specialis Gratiae; accedit Sororis Mechtildis ejusdem Ordinis Lux Divinitatis. So this article is about sister Mechtild, author of Light of Divinity. However, all information related to the feast on 19 November (alternatively on 26 February) is likely to concern the other one (who has a separate entry). At least the Martyrologium Romanum (ed. 2004) refers to Mechtilde, as the death date is given as "ca. 1298" (p. 795). Mechthild of Magdeburg is reported to have died "c. 1282/1294". It seems likely that the Lutheran and Anglican feasts also refer to Mechtilde and not to Mechthild, but I am not 100% sure, so I am not changing the main text. I hope there will be some competent person to check that and to correct the text if needed. Ailamnos (talk) 11:04, 10 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Good point, I share your opinion. In the case of the Catholic Church, the November 19 date is certainly wrong. As far as I have been able to trace it, Mechthild of Magdeburg Is venerated as blessed on September 16 in the Diocese of Magdeburg. Some sources (for example Ökumenisches Heiligeslexikon) claim that she is also venerated in the universal Church on August 15. However information on the Lutheran and Anglican Church seems to be confirmed. Common Worship mentions „Mechtild, Béguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, 1280” and Evangelischer Namenkalender – „Mechthild von Magdeburg, Ordensfrau”. Kurapazurem (talk) 21:44, 16 April 2024 (UTC)