The Monstrous Regiment of Women

Hadewijch of Antwerp (posted on the date of Suzanne Lilar's death, 12 December 1992)  I suppose that you could regard today's p...

Angela of Foligno ("equivalent canonization," 9 October 2013) Of Angela of Foligno, theologian and emeritus professor Bernard...

Margareta Ebner (died 20 June 1351) Born in southeastern Germany (Swabia) in 1291, Margareta Ebner was a member of an aristocratic fam...

Marguerite Porete (executed 1 June 1310) About Marguerite Porete, theologian and historian Bernard McGinn writes, "No medieval wo...

Mechthild of Magdeburg (Asteroid 873 Mechthild discovered 21 May 1917) Because we do not know exactly when the Beguine mystic Mechthild...

Gertrude the Great (born 6 January 1256) Denied any "official" role in the Christian church, either as priests, as administr...