St. Matilda was born circa 895 in Westphalia, Germany, to a noble family. She was raised by her grandmother, an abbess. At the age of 18, Maatilda married King Henry I of Germany y. The couple have five children including Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. King Henry I died and in 936 and St. Matilda spent the rest of her life doing good works. She established several Benedictine abbeys, visited the sick, and educated the ignorant. St. Matilda died on March 14, 968, in Quedlinburg Abbey, Germany. Her remains, as well as those of her husband, are interred at the abbey. (Source: “Lives of the Saints”)

St. Matilda, pray for us!