Jutta of Sangerhausen
Also known as Judith, St. Jutta was a native of Thuringia like her distant relative and role model, Elizabeth of Hungary. Married at 15 to please her parents, Jutta had, since her youth, wished to become a nun. After her husband died on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, she disposed of her property and money. Some say her children were grown and had entered religious houses; others say she committed the care of her off-spring to religious houses before she became a mendicant who cared for the poor and the sick, especially for lepers. She settled in 1256 at Kulmsee, Prussia, near the estate of Hanno of Sangerhausen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. Known for her devotion to the Sacred Heart, Jutta died of a fever four years after she had become a hermit. She is regarded popularly as the patron of Prussia.
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