St. Gertrude the Great, Virgin - Died 1302

Author of several mystical works, including the Legatus Divinae Pietatis and the Exercitia spiritualia (cache), St. Gertrude was the first person to urge devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She was abbess of the Cistercian abbey of Helfta, in Eisleben, Germany and is therefore represented in her habit and with a crozier and a burning or shining heart on her breast.

Feast day: November 15

At left, "St. Gertrude" -  Jacinto Vieira

Other images
"Santa Xertrude" - relief, Santiago de Compostela
"Santa Xertrude" santo, Santiago de Compostela

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