Maria Simma

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Maria Simma

Maria Simma (born February 5, 1915 in Sonntag im Großwalsertal , Vorarlberg ; † March 16, 2004 in Bezau ) was a mystic whose books have found wide distribution.

Life

Maria Simma gained national fame through her mysterious religious manifestations . Her request to enter the monastery was rejected by a total of three monasteries due to her poor health. Eventually she returned to Sunday , where she worked in the father's household and did the church cleaning. From 1940 onwards, according to her own account, poor souls appeared to her , mostly at night asking for redemption for sins committed. In addition to intensive prayer , she allegedly had to endure nausea, cold and abdominal pain for days in order to redeem the poor souls from purgatory . From 1954, according to Simma, prayers and donations could also redeem the poor souls. Maria Simma passed on the donated amounts to the world mission. Until 1990, their popularity increased more and more and buses full of pilgrims visited them on Sunday.

resonance

The total circulation of her book “My Experiences with Poor Souls” is over 300,000 copies. The German edition was printed 190,000 times, the French (until 2005) 58,000 times. There are also translations into Italian, Dutch, Polish and Rhaeto-Romanic. The English version of an interview was published 47,000 times.

Works

  • Get us out of here. Maria Simma speaks with Nicky Eltz . DeKalb, Illinois 2005.
  • Maria Simma: My experiences with poor souls . Christiana-Verlag Stein am Rhein 2004.
  • Maria Simma: The poor souls tell me ... Publisher: Prima GmbH.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Simma, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian spiritual healer
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Sunday , Vorarlberg
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2004
Place of death Bezau