Anna Laminit (1480 in Augsburg – 1518) was a 15th century German herbalist who posed as a "hunger saint". Her self-declared status as a saint who starves...

saint Anna Laminit of Augsburg (1480-1518), who had duped the population and enriched herself using her fame as a "hunger saint" for decades. Laminit had...

successor. In 1503, Bianca was persuaded by the pseudo-mystic of Augsburg, Anna Laminit (who claimed to be a "hunger saint" and had managed to dupe even her...