Paschal's Fangauer

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Paschalis Fangauer (born January 8, 1882 in Egglfing as Johann Baptist Fangauer; † April 16, 1950 in Oksadok , North Korea ) was a German Benedictine monk and martyr who perished in North Korea in 1950.

origin

Fangauer came from a god-fearing family with many children from Egglfing in the Köfering district. His parents were Michael and Maria Fangauer (née Wankerl). Six of the 11 children entered a monastery:

  • Brother Barnabas Fangauer (* 1876 as Michael Fangauer), monastery gardener in St. Ottilien
  • Sister Blasia Fangauer (1879–1960), superior in Oberlochau, Bregenz
  • Sister Melissa Fangauer (1883–1957), superior in the home for the blind in Innsbruck and Zams
  • Brother Georg M. Fangauer (1887–1956), Catholic priest
  • Sister Ermenfrieda Fangauer (1893–1977), superior in the Waldsassen children's home

Act

After an apprenticeship as a gardener with Countess Boos Waldeck and completing his military service, Fangauer followed his brother Barnabas to St. Ottilien Monastery on May 15, 1905 , where he took the religious name of Paschal and made his profession there on October 20, 1907 . On November 7, 1909, he was sent to Seoul to found a monastery with other Benedictine friars. The monastery was made an abbey in 1913 and moved to Tokwon near Wonsan in 1927. With the end of the Second World War and the occupation of North Korea by troops of the USSR , the area became communist . On the night of May 9-10, 1949, the abbey was attacked by communists and Brother Paschalis Fangauer was sent to the Tschonschon internment camp near Oksadok, where he died on April 16, 1950 due to malnutrition. The beatification process for Brother Paschalis Fangauer has been going on since 2009 ; With this in mind, a novena was written for personal prayer life .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brother Paschalis Fangauer comes from Egglfing. In: Donau-Post from February 20, 2010
  2. ↑ Frumentius Renner : Paschalis Fangauer. In: Witnesses for Christ. Vol. II., Ed .: Moll, Helmut. - Paderborn: Schöningh, 1999

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personal data
SURNAME Fangauer, Paschalis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fangauer, Johann Baptist (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine monk and martyr
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Egglfing
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1950
Place of death Oksadok , North Korea