Elizabeth of Reute

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Blessed

Elizabeth of Reute

T.O.R.
Roman Catholic Church
(Germany)
Beatified19 June 1766 by Pope Clement XIII
Major shrineConvent of the Franciscan Sisters of Reute
Bad Waldsee, Germany[1]
Feast25 November
PatronageSwabia

Elizabeth of Reute,

Tertiary sister who is venerated as a mystic and as having borne the stigmata
.

Life

Elizabeth was born on November 25, 1386, to Hans and Anna Achler in

Canonry of St. Peter in Waldsee, Konrad Kügelin.[3] Under his guidance, she and several other girls who belonged to that Franciscan fraternity sought to follow a more intense experience of their Franciscan vocation. To this end, they acquired a house in Reute on the outskirts of Waldsee in 1403.[4]

This community was a proto-monastery of the Order, as tertiaries of the

mendicant orders had not yet been allowed to profess vows. Elizabeth threw herself into a life of prayer and service, working in the cloister kitchen and in the garden, where she would spend long hours in prayer.[5]

She was known for her hospitality to visitors to the little monastery, especially for her concern for the poor who came to the gate to beg. Her love of the

Blessed Sacrament was so great that she lived the last twelve years of her life subsisting solely on the consecrated hosts.[6]
She died on her birthday in 1420.

Her head is said to have showed the marks of the

scourging. Although stigmata only occasionally appeared on her hands, she always felt its pain. She was credited with the gift of prophecy foretelling the election of Pope Martin V and the end of the Great Western Schism.[5]

Veneration

She was buried in the parish church of Reute. A biography of her was written by Kügelin, her confessor, and sent to the Bishop of Konstanz. However, popular veneration for Elizabeth occurred only after 1623, when her tomb was opened by the then-provost of Waldsee. Miracles were attributed to her, which were compiled into a formal document by a contemporary canon, Heinrich Scheffler (d. 1635).[7] Pope Clement XIII officially approved her cultus on 19 June 1766. Her feast day is celebrated in Germany on 25 November.[5]

References

  1. ^ Kloster Reute: Pilgerstätte(in German)
  2. ^ Franziskanerrinen von Reute "Gute Beth" Archived 2013-03-31 at the Wayback Machine(in German)
  3. ^ Klöster in Baden-Wüttermberg "Geschicte"(in German)
  4. ^ Franziskanerrinen von Reute "Die Gute Beth von Reute: Ein Weg bewegt" Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine(in German)
  5. ^ a b c Mershman, Francis. "Blessed Elizabeth of Reute." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 18 June 2016
  6. ^ "Ein Weg bewegt"
  7. ^ Klöster

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