Dorothea Trudel
(1813-1862)
Dorothea Trudel (27 October 1813 – 6 September 1862) was a Swiss woman who was involved in faith healing. She built several houses in Männedorf where she took in the sick. Together with Johann Christoph Blumhardt, she was one of the forerunners of the Divine Healing Movement.
Biography
Trudel was born in Uezikon, a hamlet near Hombrechtikon in the canton of Zürich. Her family lived in poor circumstances and she was only able to attend school for four years. She initially earned her living by weaving silk. She was confirmed as a member of the Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich. Her mother strongly influenced her spiritual life and her piety can be attributed to pietism within the Reformed Church. Her mother told of numerous answers to prayer, which Trudel recorded in the tract "A Mother".
Trudel moved to Männedorf with her uncle Doctor Trudel in 1844 and became acquainted with Moravian piety.
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