Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic and author (died 1680)

Antoinette Bourignon

17th-century French-Flemish mystic

Antoinette Bourignon de la Porte was a French-Flemish mystic and adventurer. She taught that the end times would come soon and that the Last Judgment would then fall. Her belief was that she was chosen by God to restore true Christianity on earth and became the central figure of…