Kaspar Stanggassinger
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Kaspar Stanggassinger (12 January 1871 - 26 September 1899) was a German Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Redemptorists.[1] His inclination to the priesthood manifested from his childhood and he soon became a seminarian before deciding not be a diocesan priest but part of a religious order after a spiritual experience directed him towards the Redemptorist charism. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1895 and soon began teaching and overseeing new seminarians despite his desire to go out to the missions in Brazil.[2]
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Kaspar Stanggassinger | |
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Priest | |
Born | (1871-01-12)12 January 1871 Berchtesgaden, Oberbayern, German Empire |
Died | 26 September 1899(1899-09-26) (aged 28) Gars am Inn, Oberbayern, German Empire |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 24 April 1988, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 26 September |
Attributes | Priest's habit |
The beatification cause commenced in 1960 and he later became titled as Venerable upon the confirmation of his life of heroic virtue in 1986; he was later beatified not long after this in 1988.