Elizabeth of Schönau (c. 1129–1164)

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Elizabeth of Schönau (c. 1129–1164)

German mystic. Name variations: Elisabeth von Schönau; Schonau or Schoenau. Born around 1129; died in 1164.

A celebrated German mystic, Elizabeth of Schönau was a nun at the abbey of Schönau in Silesia. She told of her visions in her Book of the Ways of God which she dedicated to her brother, the canon Egbert. Her feast day is June 18.

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