Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer
Also known as: Apostle of Vienna; Clemens Mary Hofbauer; Johannes Hofbauer; John Dvorák; Klemens Maria; Second Founder of the Redemptorists
Feast Day
March 15
Born
December 26, 1751
Died
March 15, 1820
Canonized
20 May 1909 by Pope Pius X
Beatified
29 January 1888 by Pope Leo XIII
Biography
Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer, also known as the Apostle of Vienna, was born on December 26, 1751, in Tasswitz, Moravia (in the modern Czech Republic), as John Dvorák. He was the ninth child of a butcher, and his family later changed their surname from the Moravian Dvorák to the Germanic Hofbauer. When Clement was just six years old, his father passed away, leaving the family in a difficult financial situation....
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