Saint Maria Crescentia Höss
Also known as: Mary Crescentia Hoss; Crescentia Hoss
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
April 5
Born
October 20, 1682
Died
April 5, 1744
Canonized
25 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
7 October 1900 by Pope Leo XIII
Biography
Saint Maria Crescentia Höss, also known as Mary Crescentia Hoss, was born on October 20, 1682, in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany. She was the seventh of eight children born to Matthias Höss and Lucia Hoermann. From a young age, Maria Crescentia displayed a deep devotion to her Catholic faith. In 1703, at the age of twenty-one, Maria Crescentia became a Franciscan tertiary nun....
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