St. Gertrude the Great, ora pro nobis!

Prayer of St. Gertrude the Great

Hail, White Lily, of the ever-peaceful and glorious Trinity!

Hail, Vermilion Rose, the delight of Heaven, of whom the King of Heaven was born and by whose milk He was nourished! Do thou feed our souls with the effusions of thy Divine influences.

Attrib. to Isidoro Arredondo (c1657-1712),

The Vision of St. Gertrude the Great (St Gertrude of Helfta) 
with St Augustine and the Holy Trinity (c1673-1712)

The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham

St. Gertrude kneels at the bottom on the right in a nun's habit with a chain around her neck composed of the letters GERTR and a hear-shaped locket with a representation of the Infant Christ.

The Museum speculates on the identity of the male on the left:

"The male saint with the flaming heart may be Saint Augustine, who also wrote on the subject of visionary contemplation."

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