Clara Elisabeth of Manderscheid-Blankenheim

Clara Elisabeth von Manderscheid - Blankenheim ( * 1631, † April 7, 1688 ) was abbess in the pins Thorn and Essen Dechantin in pen Elten. In Thorn today "sick het Freule " as is better known than her sister Anna Salome, although this board 40 years as abbess of the pen Thorn. Clara Elisabeth founded in 1673 in Thorn, a Loreto Chapel, in the abbey church of Thorn recalls a splendid epitaph to it.

Life

Clara Elisabeth von Manderscheid - Blankenheim was a very sickly wife. Your tale of woe was already in 1693 in a book " Seraphic starry sky, that is, short life history of the Saints, Blesseds, and other members of the Third Order of St.. Francis of Assisi, which different " published in the odor of sanctity. She suffered from paralysis, seizures, fever, fainting, temporarily lost the ability to speak and adjourned over longer periods neither food nor the usual drinks, with the exception of milk. Despite this disease, the pious lady supplied the needy from their pharmacy and treated by hand minor injuries, so that at times up to 50 people seeking help outside their house, which still stands today in Thorn, waited.

A temporary improvement learned Elisabeth Clara's disease on 13 July 1681 when it was so far healed through the blessing of the famous miracle-working preacher Marcus of Aviano, which this is being given from Liege in that they stand up, walk a few steps and on a chair worn even able to participate in the Mass in the church. The miracle cure gave her so much power that they could also participate in the procession to the gestiften of her Loreto Chapel, which was just dedicated to the day of their miracle cure, and stayed on the 24th of July, when Marcus Aviano in the near Roermond, this could take you there personally.

Loreto Chapel, Thorn

Ceiling Loretokapelle

Epitaph, Abbey Church Thorn