About Julian Of Norwich
Julian was born in 1342, a contemporary of Chaucer and believed to be the first woman to write a book in Middle English, Revelations of Divine Love. She lived well into her seventies, experiencing the turmoil of the Hundred Years’ War, three outbreaks of the Black Plague, the Peasants’ Revolt, the Great Western Schism and gale winds of hurricane force.
St. Julian's Church, Norwich
Lady Julian's Cell
When she was thirty, Julian experienced a desperate illness during which she witnessed dramatic, mystical visions which healed her and radically changed her. She wrote extensively of these “showings” for the rest of her life. Thomas Merton proclaimed her the “greatest theologian for our time.”
The Window in Lady Julian's Cell
St. Julian's Church, Norwich
Julian was an “anchoress” and lived in a cell attached to St. Julian and Edward’s Church in Norwich. Many came to her for spiritual counsel and received words of hope, forgiveness, and assurance. At the core of her revelations and teachings are the timely words: “Love was His meaning.”