Anne Katherina Emmerich,an 18th Century seer and later a Saint. Taken to a convent when she suffered Stigmata. This picture captures the essense of the earlier Anchoresses.
The image depicts a woman in a white robe seated in a chair, her head bandaged, with a candle and a book beside her.
The image depicts a woman in a white robe seated in a chair, her head bandaged, with a candle and a book beside her.