![]() Her extraordinary talents found here wise and judicious cultivation, first under guidance of her teacher Rikkardis, then under the special care and direction of Gerberg, a niece of Otto I and the most accomplished woman of her time, who was later to become her abbess (959-1001). ![]() In all probability she was of aristocratic birth her name appears on an old wood engraving as "Helena von Rossow." She seems to have been still in her earliest youth when she entered the convent of Gandersheim, then highly famed for its asceticism and learned pursuits. The interpretation of the name as clamor validus contains no doubt a reference to the bearer herself this accounts for her being also called "the mighty voice" and sometimes even the "Nightingale of Gandersheim". Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99.Ī celebrated nun-poetess of the tenth century, whose name has been given in various forms, ROSWITHA, HROTSWITHA, HROSVITHA, and HROTSUIT born probably between 930 and 940, died about 1002. ![]() Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. ![]()
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