• “Holiness is not just for some select few spiritual giants; it is not just for pious people who sit around all day with nothing to do but ‘be holy.’…’Everyone who names the name of the Lord’ is called to live a holy life!” – Nancy DeMoss

Women of the Middle Ages

Teresa of Avila (1515-?)
Margery Kempe (1373-1439)
Julian of Norwich(1342-?)
St Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Marguerite Porete (+1310)
St Birgitta of Sweden (1303-1372)

Other Women of the Middle Ages
Clare of Assisi
Lioba
Brigid of Ireland
Joan of Arc
Hilda of Whitby
Christina of Markyate
Frau Ava
Mechthild of Magdeburg
Hadewijch

Women in the Medieval Church – Christian History Institute

 

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