Anne Catherine Emmerich

Blessed

Anne Catherine Emmerich

CRV
  • Christian Virgin and Penitent
  • Marian Visionary and Stigmatist
Born8 September 1774
Flamschen, Coesfeld, Prince-Bishopric of Münster, Holy Roman Empire
Died9 February 1824(1824-02-09) (aged 49)
Dülmen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified3 October 2004, Basilica of Saint Peter, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast9 February
AttributesBedridden with bandaged head and holding a crucifix

Anne Catherine Emmerich, CRV (also Anna Katharina Emmerick; 8 September 1774 – 9 February 1824) was a Roman Catholic Augustinian canoness of the Congregation of Windesheim. During her lifetime, she was a purported mystic, Marian visionary and stigmatist.[1]

Emmerich was born in Flamschen, an impoverished farming community at Coesfeld, in the Diocese of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, and died in Dülmen (aged 49), where she had been a nun and where she'd become bedridden. Emmerich purportedly experienced visions on the life and passion of Jesus Christ, as revealed to her by the Blessed Virgin Mary under religious ecstasy.[2]

During her bedridden years, a number of well-known figures were inspired to visit her.[1] The poet Clemens Maria Brentano interviewed her at length and wrote two books based on his notes of her visions.[3] The authenticity of Brentano's writings has been questioned and critics have characterized the books as "conscious elaborations by a poet".[4][5]

Pope John Paul II beatified Emmerich on 3 October 2004, highlighting her personal virtues and Catholic piety.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Anna Katharina Emmerick (1774-1824), biography". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ Emmerich, Anna Catherine: The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ ISBN 978-0-89555-210-5 page viii
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