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Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich ((ドイツ語:Anna Katharina Emmerick); 8 September 1774 – 9 February 1824) was a Roman Catholic Augustinian Canoness Regular of Windesheim, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist.〔(Vatican Biography )〕 She was born in Flamschen, a farming community at Coesfeld, in the Diocese of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, and died at age 49 in Dülmen, where she had been a nun, and later became bedridden. Emmerich is notable for her visions on the life and passion of Jesus Christ, reputed to be revealed to her by the Blessed Virgin Mary under religious ecstasy.〔Emmerich, Anna Catherine: ''The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ'' ISBN 978-0-89555-210-5 page viii〕 During her bedridden years, a number of well-known figures were inspired to visit her.〔 The poet Clemens Brentano interviewed her at length and wrote two books based on his notes of her visions.〔 The authenticity of Brentano's writings has been questioned and critics have characterized the books as "conscious elaborations by a poet" and a "well-intentioned fraud" by Brentano.〔〔 Emmerich was beatified on October 3, 2004, by Pope John Paul II.〔 However, the Vatican focused on her own personal piety rather than the religious writings associated to her by Clemens Brentano. Emmerich has a widespread devotion among Traditionalist Catholics. Her documents of postulation towards canonization is handled by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter. ==Early life== She was born as ''Anna Katharina'' into a family of poor farmers and had nine brothers and sisters. From an early age, she had to help with the house and farm work. Her schooling was rather brief, but all those who knew her noticed that she felt drawn to prayer from an early age.〔 At twelve, she started to work at a large farm in the vicinity for three years and later learned to be a seamstress and worked as such for several years.〔(Graham, Edward. "Ven. Anne Catherine Emmerich." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 24 Feb. 2014 )〕 She applied for admission to various convents, but she was rejected because she could not afford a dowry. Eventually, the Poor Clares in Münster agreed to accept her, provided she would learn to play the organ. She went to the organist Söntgen in Coesfeld to study music and learn to play the organ, but she never got around to it because the poverty of the Söntgen family prompted her to work there to help them, and she sacrificed her small savings for that.〔 Later, one of the Söntgen daughters entered the convent with her.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anne Catherine Emmerich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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