Robert Spiske
Polish Catholic priest (1821–1888)
Feast: 5 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Robert Spiske was a Prussian Catholic priest, founder of the Sisters of Saint Hedwig, and recognised as Venerable by the Catholic Church.
Summary translated from the French Wikipedia article Robert Spiske (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- Diocese of Augsburg - Heilige des Tages: Robert Spiske — Founder of the Hedwig Sisters (1821-1888); his cause was opened in 1993 and Benedict XVI recognised his heroic virtues in 2009, making him Venerable; kept on 5 March.
- Wikidata Q99494 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.