Heilige und Selige
Saints and Blessed: about 90 saints and blessed of the Catholic church were Austrians or lived or worked in Austria.
Literature: A. Lamprecht, Heilige in Stmk., 1936; A. Lamprecht, Heilige und Heiligenreliquien in Kärnten, 1936; L. Pfaundler, Heilige aus Österreich, 1961; J. Stadlhuber, Zeugen der Kirche Ö., 1964; O. Wimmer and H. Melzer, Lexikon der Namen und Heiligen, 1988.
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Saints
and Beatified Persons in Austria (with date of feast/death, selected listing)
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Adalbero,
St.
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Oct. 6
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1090
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Bishop of
Würzburg, founded Lambach Monastery
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Albuin,
St.
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Feb. 5
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1006
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Bishop of
Säben, Brixen/Bressanone
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Altmann,
St.
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Aug. 8
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1091
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Bishop of
Passau, founded Göttweig Monastery
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Amandus,
St.
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Feb. 6
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around
679
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Missionary
bishop in Carinthia, Salzburg and Tirol
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Arno,
beatified
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Jan. 24
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821
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First Archbishop
of Salzburg, Apostle of Alpine Slavs and Avars
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Berthold,
St.
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July 27
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1142
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Abbot of
Garsten
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Clemens
Maria Hofbauer, St.
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March 15
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1820
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Apostle
of Vienna
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Domitian,
St.
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Feb. 5
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9th c.
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Duke in Carinthia,
founded church in Millstatt
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Eberhard,
St.
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June 21
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1164
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Archbishop
of Salzburg
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Ehrentrudis,
St.
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June 30
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718
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Abbess of
Nonnberg
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Engelbert
Kolland, beatified
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July 10
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1860
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Franciscan
martyr in Damascus
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Engelbert
von Admont, beatified
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April 10
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1331
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Abbot,
theological writer
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Eusebius,
beatified
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Jan. 31
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884
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Scottish
hermit in Rankweil (Vorarlberg)
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Fidelis
von Sigmaringen, St.
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April 24
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1622
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Preacher
in Feldkirch, martyr in Seewis
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Florian, St.
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May 4
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304
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Roman
official, martyr in Lorch
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Gallus,
St.
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Oct. 16
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around
645
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Missionary
in Vorarlberg
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Gebhard
II, St.
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Aug. 27
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995
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Bishop of
Constance
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Gerold,
St.
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April 19
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978
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Hermit in
Vorarlberg
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Hartmann,
beatified
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Dec. 23
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1164
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Bishop of
Brixen/Bressanone
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Hartwig,
beatified
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June 14
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1023
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Archbishop
of Salzburg
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Heinrich
von Bozen, beatified
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June 10
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1315
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Journeyman
in Bozen/Bolzano
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Hemma,
St.
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June 27
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1045
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Founder
of Gurk and Admont Convents
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Hyazinthus
of Poland, St.
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Aug. 17
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1257
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Died in
Cracow, founded monastery in Friesach
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Ilga,
beatified
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June 8
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around
1115
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Hermit in
Vorarlberg
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Ingenuin,
St.
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Feb. 5
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around
605
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Bishop of
Säben
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Jakob
Gapp, beatified
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Aug. 13
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1943
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Executed
for opposition to National Socialism
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Johannes
von Capistran, St.
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Oct. 23
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1456
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Preacher
in Austria
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Joseph
Freinademetz, beatified
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Jan. 28
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1908
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Missionary
in China
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Kassian,
St.
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Aug. 13
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around
305
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Bishop of
Säben
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Koloman,
St.
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Oct. 13
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1012
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Died near
Stockerau (Lower Austria),
martyr, patron saint of Austria until 1663
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Kolumban,
St.
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Nov. 21
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615
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Irish
missionary in Vorarlberg
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Laurentius
von Brindisi, St.
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July 22
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1619
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Founded Capuchin
monasteries in Austria
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Leopold
III, St.
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Nov. 15
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1136
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Babenberg
margrave, patron saint of Austria since 1663
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Magnus,
St.
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Sept. 6
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around
772
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Abbot,
preacher in Vorarlberg
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Maria
Theresia Ledochowska, beatified
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July 6
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1922
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Founded
the "St. Petrus Claver Sodality for African Missions" (a religious
community bound by vows) against slavery
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Merbot,
beatified
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March 23
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1120
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Monk in
Vorarlberg
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Modestus,
beatified
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Dec. 3
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around
772
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Apostle
of Carinthia
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Notburga
von Eben, St.
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Sept. 13
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1313
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Tirolean
farm-hand
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Otto
Neururer, beatified
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May 30
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1940
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Priest in
Götzens, killed in Buchenwald concentration camp
for opposition to National Socialism
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Petrus
Canisius, St.
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April 27
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1597
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Court preacher
in Vienna and Innsbruck
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Pirmin,
St.
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Nov. 3
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753
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Patron
saint of the town of Innsbruck
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Romedius,
St.
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Jan. 15
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Legendary
hermit from the Lower Inn Valley
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Rupert,
St.
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Sept. 24
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718
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Bishop and
patron saint of the Province of Salzburg
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Severin,
St.
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Jan. 8
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482
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Apostle
of Noricum
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Stanislaus
Kostka, St.
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Nov. 13
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1568
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Jesuit in
Wien
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Valentin,
St.
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Jan. 7
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around
475
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Bishop in
Ratia (northern part of South Tirol/Alto Adige)
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Virgil,
St.
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Sept 24
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784
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Bishop of
Salzburg, Apostle of Carinthia
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Vitalis,
St.
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Oct. 20
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around
730
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Abbot and
bishop, successor to St. Rupert
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Wolfgang,
St.
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Oct. 31
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994
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Died in
Pupping (Upper Austria), preached in
Upper Austria, Lower Austria and Hungary
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