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Joseph of Freising
8th-century bishop of Freising, Bavaria
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 17 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
764
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Joseph of Freising (died 17 January 764), also known as Joseph of Verona, was Bishop of Freising from 747 or 748 until his death.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Heiligen-Legende — 'Seliger Joseph, 3. Bischof und Bekenner von Freising'; Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon — Bishop of Freising 747/8-764, founder of Isen Abbey; buried in the abbey church of St Zeno at Isen, where his grave slab of 1743 survives. The people called him 'der Selige' and he is venerated in the Archdiocese of Muni
- Wikidata Q474132 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Joseph of Freising (CC BY-SA)
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