Anna Payer
Anna Payer (* no later than 1480; † April 13, 1546 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was an abbess of a Poor Clare monastery in Basel.
Anna Payer came from a noble family in eastern Switzerland. Her father Jakob Payer was Lord of Hagenwil and Vogt of Arbon. In 1496 Anna entered the Poor Clare Monastery in Gnadental, where she became abbess around 1511/13. After the dissolution of the monastery as a result of the Reformation in 1529, she moved with four nuns to Freiburg im Breisgau, where she was accepted by the local Poor Clares.
During her time in Basel, she was in contact with Konrad Pelikan , Guardian of the Barefoot Monastery , and the Lutheran preacher Johann Eberlin , who dedicated a treatise to her.
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| SURNAME | Payer, Anna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbess in Basel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1496 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1546 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |