Franz-Josef Rudigier
Austrian bishop (1811-1884)
Who they were
Franz Josef Rudigier (7 April 1811 – 29 November 1884) was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate and served as the Bishop of Linz from his appointment in 1853 until his death. Much of his local diocese grew due to his vigorous in promoting evangelic zeal and fundamental religious principles. He became the intellectual figurehead for Catholics in their struggle with liberalism. He promoted the Christian press and took a visible stand defending the 1855 concordat, when liberals annulled it without papal consultation in 1870. A beatification process for Rudigier was initiated under Pope Pius X in 1905 and he was titled as a Servant of God.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Diözese Linz — Kurzbiografie Bischof Franz Joseph Rudigier — The Catholic Diocese of Linz's own page: '1895 wurde sein Seligsprechungsprozess eingeleitet und zuletzt 2009 sein heroischer Tugendgrad bestätigt ("Diener Gottes").' Beatification cause open since 1895; heroic virtues r
- Wikidata Q877406 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Franz-Josef Rudigier (CC BY-SA)
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