Blessed Élisabeth Eppinger
Also known as: Mother Alphonse-Marie; Sister Alphonse-Marie; Alfonsa Maria Elisabeth Eppinger; The Niederbronn Ecstatic
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
July 31
Born
September 9, 1814
Died
July 31, 1867
Beatified
8 September 2018 by Pope Francis
Venerated
19 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Élisabeth Eppinger, also known as Mother Alphonse-Marie, Sister Alphonse-Marie, and by her birth name Alfonsa Maria Elisabeth Eppinger, was born on 9 September 1814 in Niederbronn-les-Baines, Bas-Rhin, France. She was the eldest of eleven children born into a poor farm family.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified2018-09-08 by 8 September 2018 by Pope Francis; the beatification recognition was celebrated in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France with Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu the chief celebrant
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