Charles Steeb
Blessed Charles Steeb | |
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| Born | 18 December 1773 Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Duchy of Württemberg |
| Died | 15 December 1856 (aged 82) Verona, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 6 July 1975, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI |
| Feast | 15 December |
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Blessed Charles Steeb (18 December 1773 – 15 December 1856) was a German priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the founder of the Sisters of Mercy of Verona. Steeb was originally a Lutheran but converted to Roman Catholicism while studying in Italy.
Pope Paul VI beatified him in 1975 after the recognition of a miracle that was attributed to his intercession. The cause still continues pending recognition of another miracle.[1]
Life[edit]
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Charles Steeb was born on 18 December 1773 to Lutheran parents. He travelled to France and studied in Paris as a teenager but fled during the French Revolution. He studied in Verona but contact with priests led to his conversion to Roman Catholicism. His parents disowned him when this was discovered.
Steeb was later ordained to the priesthood and ministered to the sick. He studied canon law and civil law in Pavia, and later went on to teach languages. He was the founder of the Sisters of Mercy of Verona.[2]
He died in 1856.
Sainthood[edit]
Preliminary work for Steeb's cause began in 1949, and theologians approved his spiritual writings on 25 January 1952.[3] The cause for his sainthood was opened on 6 July 1963. Pope Paul VI recognized his life of heroic virtue and named him to be Venerable on 19 November 1970, and later beatified him on 6 July 1975.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Blessed Charles Steeb". Saints SQPN. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Blessed Charles Steeb". Saints SQPN. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum (in Latin). Typis polyglottis vaticanis. January 1953. p. 47.
- ^ "Blessed Charles Steeb". Saints SQPN. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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