Saint Elizabeth of Schönau

Also known as

• Elisabeth

Memorial

• 18 June

Profile

Raised and educated in Schönau Benedictine abbey near Bingen, Germany from age 12. Elizabeth came to see the abbey as home, and took vows as a Benedictine nun in 1147. Friend of Saint Hildegard von Bingen. In 1152 she began receiving ecstacies and visions, had the gift of prophecy, and suffered the assaults of demonic forces. With the help of her brother Egbert, a monk and abbot, she wrote three volumes describing her visions. Abbess at Schonau from 1157 until her death.

Born

• 1126 in Bingen, Germany

Died

• 18 June 1164 at Bingen, Germany of natural causes
• buried in the church of Saint Florin at the Schönau abbey

Canonized

• never formally canonized, but popular devotion led her to being included in the Roman Martyrology

Representation

• Benedctine nun with a book

Patronage

• against temptations

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online
• Heilingen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Elizabeth of Schönau”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 November 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-elizabeth-of-schonau/>