Blessed Johann Philipp Jeningen
Also known as: Apostle of the Ries
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
February 8
Born
January 5, 1642
Died
February 8, 1704
Beatified
16 July 2022 by Pope Francis
Religious Order
Venerated
21 December 1989 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Johann Philipp Jeningen, also known as the Apostle of the Ries, was born on 5 January 1642 in Eichstátt, Bavaria, Germany. He entered the Jesuit order on 19 January 1663 in Landsberg and was ordained as a priest on 11 June 1672. With his zealous and charismatic nature, Johann quickly gained popularity as a missionary.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified2022-07-16 by 16 July 2022 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Basilica of Sankt Vitus, Ellwangen, Germany, presided by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro; the beatification miracle involved the healing of a man in Ulm, Germany in 1985 who suffered from gallbladder inflamation, severe sepsis, pneumonia, digestive haemorrhage from gastroduodenal ulcer, breathing difficulties and other minor maladies
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