ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 7th of October
VENERABLE GEORG OF PFRONTEN-KREUZEGG
Andreas Erhart was born the son of a farmer. He became a baker and afterwards joined the Capuchins in Rome. At the time, he was 28 years old. In 1725 he was professed. His name in religion being Georg, everyone called him "Friar Jörg".
He worked mostly in various convent kitchens and workshops, and he became known for extraordinary holiness and charity towards children and the disadvantaged. It was claimed that he had the gift of bilocation. Sometimes he was seen bathed in heavenly light. Friar Jörg died in Frascati in 1762.
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