Alphonse-Marie Eppinger
German religious (1814-1867)
Feast: 9 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
The Vatican record
- 26 January 2018 — Miracle through their intercession approved (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Elisabeth Eppinger was born at Niederbronn-les-Bains, Alsace, on 9 September 1814, eldest of eleven children of a devout country family. Often bedridden for months, she felt a burden to her family and spent her solitude with God in prayer and adoration.
As Mother Alphonse-Marie she founded the Sisters of the Most Holy Saviour; soon fourteen more houses followed, and in the Crimean War her sisters consoled the dying. A brave and wise woman, suffering, silent and praying, she witnessed to God's love above all to the sick in body and spirit.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A sickly girl who founded sisters to bring God's love to the sick.
The cause
Alphonse-Marie Eppinger has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Official site of Blessed Alphonse-Marie Eppinger.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Alfonsa Maria Eppinger
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q543572 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alphonse-Marie Eppinger (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.