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Blessed Kaspar Stanggassinger
Blessed Kaspar Stanggassinger

Blessed Kaspar Stanggassinger

Also known as: Caspar; Gaspar

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

26-Sep

Born

12 January 1871 in Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgadener Land, Germany

Died

26 September 1899 in Gars am Inn, Mühldorf, Germany of acute peritonitis; buried at the Mariä Himmelfahrt convent church in Gars

Beatified

24 April 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

16 January 1986 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Kaspar Stanggassinger, also known as Caspar or Gaspar, was born on 12 January 1871 in Berchtesgaden, Germany. He was the second of sixteen children born to Kaspar Stanggassinger and Crescencia Hamberger. As a devout Catholic family, young Kaspar was baptized on the same day he was born.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1988-04-24 by 24 April 1988 by Pope John Paul II

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