Dorothea (Dora) Visser
Dutch laywoman and mystic of the Achterhoek who was said to bear the stigmata
Who they were
Visser, partly paralysed from the age of twelve, was reported to have received the stigmata in 1843 and has been venerated in the Achterhoek since.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Archdiocese of Utrecht calls her Dienares Gods (Servant of God) and reports that its church tribunal for her cause was installed on 13 April 2011, that the diocesan phase closed on 27 February 2013 and that Rome issued the decree of validity; the Hagiography Circle gives her death as 12 July 1876 while the friends' association site gives 11 July, so only the year is recorded here.
The cause
Dorothea (Dora) Visser is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Dorothea (Dora) Visser.
- Installatie kerkelijke rechtbank voor zaligverklaring Dienares Gods Dorothea Visser — Aartsbisdom Utrecht
- Diocesane fase zaligverklaringsproces Dorothea Visser afgerond — Aartsbisdom Utrecht
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.