Dorothea of Montau

Dorothea of Montau (1347–1394) was a Prussian visionary who practised ascetic disciplines from childhood. Married to a Danzig swordsmith, she bore nine children and soon had visions, though only one daughter survived.

In 1384 the couple sold their possessions and went on pilgrimage. After her husband died in 1390 during her pilgrimage to Rome, she settled at Marienwerder, and in 1391 escaped burning as a witch at Danzig through her confessor.

On 2 May 1393 she was enclosed in a cell built against the cathedral, receiving communion until her death the next year. Beatified in 1976, she is venerated as patroness of Prussia and the Teutonic Order.