Eustachius Kugler
German friar (1867-1946)
Feast: 10 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Josef Kugler was born and baptised at Neuhaus, near Regensburg, on 15 January 1867, into a family of craftsmen. His father's early death sent him to Munich to learn to be a blacksmith; an accident at work put him in hospital for a long time and left him lame for life.
He joined the Hospitaller Order of St John of God as Brother Eustachius, whose question for any new head nurse was: 'Is he good to the sick, is he truly a Brother of St John of God?' He died on the afternoon of 10 June 1946.
The miracles
A decree on a miracle obtained through his intercession was issued for his beatification; the biography does not describe it.
Why that counted as sanctity
A lame blacksmith who became a brother of the sick and measured everything by goodness to them.
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
- John of God Saint“Joseph Kugler, OH (15 January 1867 – 10 June 1946) was a German Roman Catholic professed religious of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Eustachio Kugler
- Wikidata Q96034 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Joseph Kugler (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.