Blessed Maria Droste Zu Vischering - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Maria Droste Zu Vischering

Also known as: Countess Droste zu Vischering; Maria Anna Johanna Franziska Theresia Antonia Huberta Droste zu Vischering; Maria of the Sacred Heart; Mary of the Divine Heart of Jesus; Maria vom Göttlichen Herzen

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

8-Jun

Born

8 September 1863 in Münster, Germany

Died

Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, 8 June 1899 in the Convent of the Good Shepherd in Porto, Portugal of natural causes; incorrupt body exposed in the church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Ermesinde, Portugal; some relics enshrined at the sanctuary of Christ the King, Almada, Portugal

Beatified

1 November 1975 by Pope Paul VI

Venerated

13 February 1964 by Pope Paul VI (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Maria Droste Zu Vischering, also known as Countess Droste zu Vischering, Maria Anna Johanna Franziska Theresia Antonia Huberta Droste zu Vischering, Maria of the Sacred Heart, Mary of the Divine Heart of Jesus, or Maria vom Göttlichen Herzen, was born on September 8, 1863, in Münster, Germany. She was born into the wealthy German nobility and had a twin brother named Max. Her parents, Count Klemens Heidenreich Franz Hubertus Eusebius Maria Droste zu Vischering and Countess Helene Clementine Maria Anna Sybille Huberta Antonia of Galen, were devout Catholics and remained loyal to the Church during the period of the Kulturkampf persecution.