Thiota's Last Day
Alemannian Prophetess Thiota Named 847 as the World's Last Day. Synod Flayed the Forecast
Annals of Fulda: she said she knew a definite date for the ending of the world — that same year. Bishops at Mainz disagreed with the whip.
What was said
“she predicted that the world would see its last day that same year”
— Thiota (Alemannian prophetess active at Mainz, 847) · said 847 · due 847
847 ended without a last day. Thiota confessed a priest had coached her for gain; a Mainz synod had her publicly flogged and stripped of preaching.
The Story
In 847 an Alemannian woman named Thiota turned up in Mainz with a calendar item nobody else had: the world's last day, that same year.
The Annals of Fulda say she claimed definite knowledge of the ending of the world and that 'the world would see its last day that same year.' Common people brought gifts. Some clergy, ignoring the Church's teaching, treated her as heaven-sent.
Bishops hauled her to St. Alban's. Under questioning she admitted a priest had coached the lines and that she had prophesied for pay. The synod had her publicly flogged and stripped of the preaching she had taken up. The year closed on schedule without a last day.
Receipts
Quote is Timothy Reuter's English translation of the Annals of Fulda for 847, as printed in full on Unam Sanctam Catholicam. Same vignette: gifts, clergy following her, confession that a priest coached her for gain, public flogging.
As of Oct 25, 2026
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