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|SaintName=Saint Elizabeth of Schönau | |SaintName=Saint Elizabeth of Schönau | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=June 18 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Bingen, Germany | |SaintBirthPlace=Bingen, Germany | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=49.9667, 7.9500 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=49.9667, 7.9500 | ||
|DeathPlace=Schönau Abbey, Bingen, Germany | |DeathPlace=Schönau Abbey, Bingen, Germany | ||
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|NotableLabel3=Associated Benedictine tradition site | |NotableLabel3=Associated Benedictine tradition site | ||
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| | |AssociatedCountries=Germany | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Mainz]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Early Church | |Canonizer=Early Church | ||
|Profession=Nun; abbess; mystic | |Profession=Nun; abbess; mystic | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Benedictines | |ReligiousAffiliation=Benedictines | ||
|Attributes=Book; visions; Benedictine habit | |Attributes=Book; visions; Benedictine habit | ||
|PrimaryShrine=Schönau Abbey ruins, Bingen, Germany | |PrimaryShrine=Schönau Abbey ruins, Bingen, Germany | ||
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'''Saint Elizabeth of Schönau''' (c. 1129 – 18 June 1164) was a German Benedictine nun and mystic whose visions and revelations, dictated to her brother Ekbert, contributed to the 12th-century flowering of female spirituality in the Rhineland.<ref name="catholic">{{Cite web |title=St. Elizabeth of Schonau |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3097 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> According to contemporary accounts preserved in her writings and Ekbert's biography, Elizabeth was born to a noble family in Bingen or Bonn and entered the Benedictine double monastery of Schönau at age 12, where she professed vows and rose to subprioress by 1155.<ref name="wikipedia">{{Cite web |title=Elisabeth of Schönau |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Sch%C3%B6nau |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> Her first vision occurred in 1152, followed by daily ecstasies from 1155, including dialogues with Christ, Mary, and saints, which she recorded in three books of visions and a life of the Virgin Mary, emphasizing themes of divine love, purgatory, and the soul's ascent.<ref name="anastpaul">{{Cite web |title=Saint of the Day – 18 June – Saint Elisabeth of Schönau (1129-1164) |url=https://anastpaul.com/2020/06/18/saint-of-the-day-18-june-saint-elisabeth-of-schonau-1129-1164/ |website=AnaStpaul |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> Despite skepticism from some clergy, her revelations gained acclaim, influencing Hildegard of Bingen and later mystics. | '''Saint Elizabeth of Schönau''' (c. 1129 – 18 June 1164) was a German Benedictine nun and mystic whose visions and revelations, dictated to her brother Ekbert, contributed to the 12th-century flowering of female spirituality in the Rhineland.<ref name="catholic">{{Cite web |title=St. Elizabeth of Schonau |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3097 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> According to contemporary accounts preserved in her writings and Ekbert's biography, Elizabeth was born to a noble family in Bingen or Bonn and entered the Benedictine double monastery of Schönau at age 12, where she professed vows and rose to subprioress by 1155.<ref name="wikipedia">{{Cite web |title=Elisabeth of Schönau |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Sch%C3%B6nau |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> Her first vision occurred in 1152, followed by daily ecstasies from 1155, including dialogues with Christ, Mary, and saints, which she recorded in three books of visions and a life of the Virgin Mary, emphasizing themes of divine love, purgatory, and the soul's ascent.<ref name="anastpaul">{{Cite web |title=Saint of the Day – 18 June – Saint Elisabeth of Schönau (1129-1164) |url=https://anastpaul.com/2020/06/18/saint-of-the-day-18-june-saint-elisabeth-of-schonau-1129-1164/ |website=AnaStpaul |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> Despite skepticism from some clergy, her revelations gained acclaim, influencing Hildegard of Bingen and later mystics. | ||