Charles Steeb
German presbyter (1773-1856)
Feast: 15 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Carl Steeb was born at Tübingen on 18 December 1773, eldest son of a distinguished Protestant family. Sent to Verona to complete his business training, he became a Catholic against his family's wishes.
Ordained priest, he supported himself by teaching and caring for the sick, and in 1840, in two small rooms, founded the Sisters of Mercy, devoted to every suffering and need, with the Veronese Luisa Poloni, Mother Vincenza, whose confessor he was.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A convert who embraced the Catholic faith against his family's wishes and spent his priesthood on the afflicted.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Vincenza Maria Poloni Saint“Vincenza Maria Poloni, ISM, born as Luigia Poloni, (26 January 1802 – 11 November 1855), was an Italian Catholic religious sister who cofounded the Sisters of Mercy of Verona, which she established with Charles Steeb.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Carlo Steeb
- Wikidata Q73133 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Charles Steeb (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.