Blessed Elizabeth Achler

Also known as: Betha the Good
Betha von Reute
Elisabeth Acheer
Elisabeth Achlin
Elisabeth Bona von Reute
Elisabeth den Gode
Elisabeth the Good
Elizabeth Acheer
Elizabeth of Reute
Elizabeth the Good
Elizabeth the Recluse
Elsbeth Achler
Elsbeth Achlin
Elsbeth von Reute
Memorial: 25 November
Profile: Born poor, the daughter of John and Anne Achler. Franciscan tertiary at age 14, but found it hard to lead a religious life while living with her parents. At age 17 she joined four other tertiaries in a community in Reute; she lived there the rest of her life. For most of her life she was subject to ecstasies, and received visions of heaven, hell and purgatory. Stigmatist whose wounds hurt constantly, but which bled on Fridays and during Lent. Had the gift of inedia.
Born: 25 November 1386 at Waldsee, Wurttemberg, Swabia, Germany
Died: 25 November 1420 at Reute, Germany of natural causes
buried in the church at Reute
Name Meaning: worshipper of God
Beatified: 19 July 1766 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed)
Additional Information: Catholic Encyclopedia, by Francis Mershman
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
Kirken i Norge norwegian
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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