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JOHANNES BRUNNER, RELIGIOUS - 5 JULY

 

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JOHANNES BRUNNER, RELIGIOUS


Johannes Brunner, a Capuchin friar from Krieswangen in Switzerland, had accompanied Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen shortly before his martyrdom.

On April 24, 1622 Fidelis (after Johannes had taken his confession) had then proceeded to Seewis  where he died a martyr's death. Johannes, meanwhile, preached in Grüsch, where he, too, was subjected to brutal violence. Mistreated and wounded badly, he seemed at death's door. Abundius von Salis, who had kidnapped him from the raging crowd with the declaration that Johannes would be handed over to the courts, took him to his own home instead, where Johannes gradually recovered.  

With great sadness the injured monk learned of the fate of Fidelis, whose body had been lying in a large pool of his own blood on the street since he had been murdered (Sunday morning, 10 o'clock). Johannes then had him buried on the evening of Monday, April 25 in the churchyard in Seewis. He was interred by the local sacristan, who then brought him the cloak and belt along with some of the writings of the slain man. 

Ten days later, John was well enough to go to Feldkirch, where he related the circumstances surrounding the death of St Fidelis to his confreres. He regretted that he himself did not win the crown of martyrdom. From then Johannes was all the more eager to live up to his saintly Guardian's merits, and worked in several Swiss monasteries with restless zeal for the health of himself and his fellow human beings. He was called to his eternal reward on July 5, 1651 in Stanz (Stans) in the canton of Unterwalden at the age of 74. (Burg. III. 255.)

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints)

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Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org







































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