Margareta Ebner
German nun and mystic
Feast: 20 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the monastery of Medingen in Bavaria, in Germany, Blessed Margareta Ebner, virgin of the Order of Preachers, who, though tried for Christ by many infirmities, led a life that was wholesome for herself, admirable in the eyes of others and pleasing to God, and wrote much about mystical experience.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 20 June as a Dominican nun of Medingen, tried by many illnesses, who wrote much about mystical experience.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 20 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q68268 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Margareta Ebner (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.