Anne Catherine Emmerich
German Augustinian canoness, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist (1774-1824)
Feast: 9 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Anne Catherine Emmerich was born on 8 September 1774 at Flamschen near Coesfeld, Westphalia, to very poor, devout peasants. At twelve she was sent to work for a farmer and later was a seamstress; she gave her savings for entering a convent to a poor organist's family and served them for years.
In 1802 she entered the Augustinian convent at Agnetenberg, Dülmen, content to be the least in the house. She was a stigmatic and ecstatic. She died at Dülmen on 9 February 1824.
The miracles
He is honoured as Blessed by long-standing veneration; the Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe a formal cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A poor, sick Augustinian nun who accepted suffering in union with Christ.
The cause
Anne Catherine Emmerich has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Emmerick-Bund: Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Anne Catherine Emmerich
- Wikidata Q169321 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Anne Catherine Emmerich (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.