Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Prophecy Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, German Stigmatic and Victim Soul (1774-1824) Anna Katharina Emmerick (or Anne Catherine Emmerich in English) was born on September 8, 1774 at Flamske, Westphalia, West Germany, to a small farming family. Her parents, Bernard Emmerich and Anne Hiller, were poor peasants, but very devout and p..