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Elisabeth von Matzingen
Died	10 August 1340
Occupation	Christian nun
Position held	abbess (Fraumünster, 1308–1340)

Elisabeth von Matzingen, known from 1289 and dead on 10 August 1340, in Zurich, was a Swiss abbess. She led the Fraumünster Abbey and, effectively, Zurich itself for 32 years, from 1308 until her death.

Biography

Originally from a family of barons in Thurgau, she became known in Zurich starting in 1289, when she was mentioned as a nun at the Fraumünster Abbey. She became abbess in 1308, succeeding Elisabeth von Spiegelberg.

She oversaw the repair of the abbey church, which had been in poor condition since a fire in 1289. Some of her official acts are preserved, such as the agreement she reached in 1332 regarding tithes with a pastor.

She passed away on 10 August 1340, in Zurich.

References

1. ^ "Matzingen, Elisabeth von". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-15.
2. Müller, Annalena (2024). Monastic Women and Secular Economy in Later Medieval Europe, ca. 1200 to 1500. Oxford: Taylor & Francis. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-003-29990-5.
3. "Klösterliche Grundherrschaften - 392". www.urikon.ch. Retrieved 2024-12-15.

• Biography
• Switzerland
• Catholicism

• 13th century births
• 14th-century women landowners
• 1340 deaths
• 13th-century nuns
• 14th-century nuns
• Benedictine abbesses
• History of Zurich