Julian of Norwich

Julian of Norwich (c. 1343–after 1416) was an English anchoress enclosed at St Julian's Church, Norwich. On 8 May 1373, gravely ill at thirty, she received sixteen visions of Christ's Passion; recovering on 13 May, she wrote them first in a Short Text and, decades later, in the Long Text Revelations of Divine Love, the earliest surviving book in English by a woman.

Her longer work explored the meaning of her visions after years of reflection. She counselled the pilgrim Margery Kempe, and the Long Text stayed in manuscript until 1670, long after her death.