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Disciplinary Intersections - Sanctity: Dorothea of Montau.
case on Mar 14, 2008 Disciplinary Intersections: "Borderline Sanctity: Dorothea of Montau, Günter Grass, and Pope Benedict XVI". Medieval and Renaissance Cultures and Studies Symposium. Recorded November 8, 2007 in Clark Hall at Case Western Reserve University.
Saint Dorothea of Montau
Recluse, born at Montau, 6 February 1347, died at Marienwerder, 25 June 1394. At the age of seventeen she married the sword-cutler Albrecht of Danzig, a hot-tempered man, whose nature underwent a change through her humility and gentleness. Both made frequent pilgrimages to Cologne, Aachen, and Einsiedeln, and they intended (1390) to visit Rome also; but Albrecht was prevented by illness and remained at home where he died, while Dorothea journeyed to Rome alone. Of their nine children all died, except one daughter who joined the Benedictines. In the summer of 1391 Dorothea moved to Marienwerder, and on 2 May 1393, with the permission of the chapter …More
case on Mar 14, 2008 Disciplinary Intersections: "Borderline Sanctity: Dorothea of Montau, Günter Grass, and Pope Benedict XVI". Medieval and Renaissance Cultures and Studies Symposium. Recorded November 8, 2007 in Clark Hall at Case Western Reserve University.
Saint Dorothea of Montau
Recluse, born at Montau, 6 February 1347, died at Marienwerder, 25 June 1394. At the age of seventeen she married the sword-cutler Albrecht of Danzig, a hot-tempered man, whose nature underwent a change through her humility and gentleness. Both made frequent pilgrimages to Cologne, Aachen, and Einsiedeln, and they intended (1390) to visit Rome also; but Albrecht was prevented by illness and remained at home where he died, while Dorothea journeyed to Rome alone. Of their nine children all died, except one daughter who joined the Benedictines. In the summer of 1391 Dorothea moved to Marienwerder, and on 2 May 1393, with the permission of the chapter …More