Viktoria Hecht
Viktoria Hecht (called Viktörle ; * December 17, 1840 in Haller near Wolpertswende , Upper Swabia ; † February 17, 1890 there ) was a Catholic virgin and sufferer from Wolpertswende. As a stigmatized person , she is still venerated by parts of the Roman Catholic population today.
Hecht lived in Wolpertswende for years in the house that is attached to the Gangolf Chapel. After falling, she was bedridden for 30 years and gradually lost the ability to speak. Allegedly, she could only speak at the request of her confessor.
According to tradition, from August 13, 1869, Hecht wore the stigmata of Jesus for five years. Only at her request did the stigmata become invisible in 1874. It is said that she did not eat any food almost continuously for five years.
In July 2012 the Freundeskreis Viktoria Hecht e. V. founded, which wants to keep the memory of Viktoria Hecht alive and promote her admiration. The association has also set itself the task of collecting, sifting through and publishing the data and documents related to Viktoria Hecht's life.
Web links
literature
- Catholic parish office of St. Gangolf (ed.): Viktoria Hecht: stigmatized sufferer of Wolpertswende 1840–1890 . Lindenberg: Kunstverlag Fink, 2010. ISBN 978-3-89870-623-0 .
- Konrad Kümmel: Life and Suffering of Viktoria Hecht: Wolpertswende, 1840-1890 . Wolpertswende: Katholische Kirchengemeinde, 1996 (first published in the Katholisches Sonntagsblatt 1929).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pike, Victoria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Viktörle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic virgin and stigmatized |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haller near Wolpertswende , Upper Swabia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1890 |
| Place of death | Haller near Wolpertswende , Upper Swabia |