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Julian of Norwich

Pope Benedict XVI

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At the General Audience on Wednesday, 1 December [2010], held in the Paul IV Audience Hall, the Holy Father talked about Dame Julian of Norwich.

This English anchoress who lived in the late 14th and early 15th centuries is best known for her book "Revelations of Divine Love in Sixteen Showings". The following is a translation of the Pope's Catechesis, given in Italian.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I still remember with great joy the Apostolic Journey I made in the United Kingdom last September.

England is a land that has given birth to a great many distinguished figures who enhanced Church history with their testimony and their teaching. One of them, venerated both in the Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion, is the mystic Julian of Norwich, of whom I wish to speak this morning.

The — very scant — information on her life in our possession comes mainly from her Revelations of