biography
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| female
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| lived:
| (c.1750–1814)
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| biography:
| Religious fanatic, born in Dorset, S England, UK. In c.1792 she declared herself to be the woman (predicted in Rev 12) who would give birth to the second Prince of Peace. She went to London, where she obtained a great following, but died soon after the predicted date of the birth. Her followers, who believed she would rise again, were still to be found at the beginning of the 20th-c. |
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