Alphonse-Marie Eppinger
Alphonse-Marie Eppinger (9 September 1814 – 31 July 1867), SDR, born Elisabeth Eppinger, was a French Catholic nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer.
Eppinger's cause for sainthood was opened on 30 August 2005 and she was declared Venerable on 19 December 2011 after Pope Benedict XVI confirmed her life of heroic virtue. Pope Francis confirmed a miracle attributed to her in 2018; the beatification was celebrated in Strasbourg on 9 September 2018.
In the Martyrology
- July 31 Blessed Alphonse-Marie (Élisabeth Eppinger), religious