ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 21st of January
MARIA MAGDALENA LUTZ AND MARIA ANNA HEIM, VIRGINS AND MARTYRS
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| A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's Saints' books, "Stammenbuch..." (1693) |
Maria Magdalena Lutz and Maria Anna Heim were pious virgins at the convent of the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis of Assisi at Klosterbeuren in Swabia [Germany].
When the Swedish soldiers stormed the monastery in 1633, Maria Magdalena Lutz was in danger of losing her virginity. She cried out to Jesus for help and miraculously received it: she suddenly went stiff all over her body and therefore remained unharmed. She died six years later, leaving a blessed memory.
During the same invasion of the Swedes, on January 17, the soldiers wanted to do violence to the pious Virgin Mary Anna Heim. Since she resisted steadfastly, her attacker mauled her so badly with blows and stabs with his sword that she was left half dead on the spot.
When she regained consciousness, a small boy unknown to her, who was believed to be her guardian angel, took her to the town of Babenhausen, where she met those of her fellow sisters who had been able to flee. As a result of the mistreatment she had suffered she died there as a virgin and martyr about three weeks later (on the following February 6).
These holy virgins are remembered on January 21 and also on February 5.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 196)
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