Some
Late Medieval Holy Women
For further
information on any of these women, try the
Dictionary of the Middle Ages or the
New Catholic Encyclopedia,
both available in the
Reference section at Knight Library.
Names marked with *
are women
whose writings are
available in translation
(publish by Paulist
Press and others).
Beguines
Hadewijch
of Brabant* (d. early 13th c.)
Christina
Mirabilis, or “the Astonishing” (d. ca.
1224)
Marie
d’Oignies (1213-44)
Yvette
of Huy (d. 1228)
Margaret
of Ypres (d. 1237)
Ida
of Nivelles (d. 1231)
Lutgard
of Aywières (d. 1246)
Juliana
of Cornillon (d. 1248)
Isabelle
of Huy
Alice
of Schaerbeek (d. 1250)
Beatrice
of Nazareth (d. 1268)*
Mechtild
of Magdeburg (d. 1282?)*
Elizabeth
of Spalbeek, or Herkenrode (d. after 1274)
Ida
of Léau (d. late 13th c.)
Ida
of Louvain (d. 1300?)
Lukardis
of Oberweimar (d. 1309)
Marguerite
Porete (d.1310)*
Getrude
van Oosten (d. 1358)
Clare
of Assisi (d. 1253)*
Serafina
of San Gimignano (d. 1253)
Gherardesca
of Pisa (d. 1260 or 1267)
Umiliana
dei Cerchi (d. 1246)
Rose
of Viterbo (d. 1252)
Margaret
of Cortona (d. 1297)
Angela
of Foligno (d. 1309)*
Alda
(or Aldobrandesca) of Siena (d. 1310)
Umiltà
of Faenza (d. 1310)
Margaret
of Faenza (d. 1330)
Villana
de’ Botti (d. 1360)
Agnes
of Montepulciano (d. 1317)
Catherine
of Siena (d. 1380)*
Clara
Gambacorta of Pisa (d. 1419)
Rita
of Cascia (d. mid-15th c.)
Columba
of Rieti (d. 1501)
Catherine
of Genoa* (d. 1510)
Others
Elizabeth
of Hungary (1207-1231)
Margaret
of Hungary (d. 1270 or 1271)
Birgitta
of Sweden (1303-73)*
Catherine
of Sweden (d. 1381)
Julian
of Norwich (1342-c. 1416)*
Margery
Kempe (d. 1438)*
Hedwig
of Silesia (d. 1241)
Gertrude
of Helfta, “the Great” (d. 1302)*
Mechtild
of Hackeborn (d. 1298 or 1299)
Christina
of Stommeln (d. 1312)
Dorothy
of Montau (1347-94)
Elsbet
Achler of Reute (d. 1420)
Lidwina
of Schiedam (d. 1433)
Alpais
of Cudot (d. 1211)
Douceline
of Marseilles (d. 1274)
Flora
of Beaulieu (d. 1347)
Daufine
of Puimichel (d. 1360)
Jane
Mary of Maillé (d. 1414)
Joan
of Arc (d. 1431)*
Colette
of Corbie (d. 1447)