Anneliese Michel
Musical Artist
1952 – 1976
Who was Anneliese Michel?
Anneliese Michel was a German woman who underwent Catholic exorcism rites in 1975 and died the next year, due to lack of medical care. Later investigation determined that she was malnourished and dehydrated; her parents and the priests responsible were charged with negligent homicide. The case attracted media and public attention because of the Catholic Church's unusual decision to employ the 400-year-old ritual of exorcism, something that had been rarely seen since the 18th Century. The film The Exorcism of Emily Rose is loosely based on her story.
When Michel was sixteen, she experienced an epileptic seizure and was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. She was determined to be depressed and was treated at a psychiatric hospital. By the time she was twenty, she had become intolerant of various religious objects, and began to hear voices. Her condition worsened, despite medication, and she became suicidal. Michel and her family became convinced she was possessed by demons, and appealed to a Catholic priest for an exorcism.
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- Born
- Sep 21, 1952
Leiblfing - Also known as
- Ανελίζ Μίκελ
- Ανελίζε Μίτσελ
- Ανελίς Μίτσελ
- Михель, Аннелиза
- Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- University of Würzburg
- Died
- Jul 1, 1976
Klingenberg am Main
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on July 23, 2013
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