Anneliese Michel
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Anna Elisabeth "Anneliese" Michel was a German woman who underwent 65 Catholic exorcism rites during the year before her death. She died of malnutrition, for which her parents and the priest who perfo
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Bishop Josef Stangl, who approved the exorcism, in a May 1959 photo
Michel's gravesite, which became a place of pilgrimage
Genuflection
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Genuflection or genuflexion is the act of bending a knee to the ground, as distinguished from kneeling which more strictly involves both knees. From early times, it has been a gesture of deep respect
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…year in a state of near starvation while the rites of exorcism were performed. She weighed 30 kilograms (66 lb), suffered broken knees from continuous genuflections, was unable to move without assistance and was reported to have contracted pneumonia. After an investigation, the state prosecutor maintained that…
Genuflection on one knee, during a Catholic Mass
Traditionally, marriage proposals use genuflection
Two priests of Church of Sweden and one acolyte genuflect to the Blessed Sacrament on the high altar during Mass at Kungsholm Evangelical-Lutheran Church, part of the Diocese of Stockholm
Manuel II of Portugal during Missa de Campanha, c. 1910