Maurus Xaverius Herbst
Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey Plankstetten
Feast: 4 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Maurus Xaverius Herbst or Florian Johann Friedrich Herbst (14 September 1701 – 4 April 1757) was a German Benedictine abbot.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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The cause
Maurus Xaverius Herbst has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Plankstetten Abbey: the prayer fellowship for Abbot Maurus Xaverius Herbst.
- Oekumenisches Heiligenlexikon - Maurus Xaverius Herbst — Abbot of Plankstetten, died 1757; the veneration shown him has been kept up in the diocese of Eichstaett, and healings are attributed to him.
- Wikidata Q1911701 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maurus Xaverius Herbst (CC BY-SA)
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