Francis Xavier Seelos
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 157 years ago |
Date of birth | January 11,1819 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Fussen |
Germany | |
Date of died | October 4,1867 |
Died | New Orleans |
Louisiana | |
United States | |
Feast | October 5 |
Parents | Mang Seelos |
Franziska Schwarzenbach | |
Books | Sincerely, Seelos: The Collected Letters of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos |
Major shrines | National Shrine of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos |
St. Mary's Assumption Church | |
Major shrine | National Shrine of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos |
Beatifi | Vatican City |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 555437 |
Francis Xavier Seelos Life story
Francis Xavier Seelos was a German Redemptorist who worked as a missionary in the United States frontier. Towards the end of his life, he went to New Orleans to minister to victims of yellow fever. He then died after contracting the disease.