She never left her bed. Anne Catherine Emmerich was a German nun living in the small town of Dülmen in the early 1800s, and for the last years of her life, she couldn’t even stand up. But here’s the impossible part: from that bed, she described a house she’d never seen, in a country she’d never visited — and sixty years later, someone found it exactly where she said it would be.
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Prophets & Pilgrims·7/7·1′
The place
Ephesus Ancient City
The Discovery of Mary's House
How a bedridden German nun described a house she’d never seen
1st century AD (house) / 1881 (discovery)Ephesus Ancient City
Moral of the Story
“Some things can’t be explained — only found. The house still stands, and the question still doesn’t have an answer.”
Characters
V
Virgin MaryJ
John the ApostleA
Anne Catherine EmmerichA
Abbé Julien GouyetSource
Anne Catherine Emmerich visions, compiled by Clemens Brentano; Lazarist expedition records; Papal recognitions