Francis Xavier Seelos
German missionary
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Francis Xavier Seelos, CSsR was a German Redemptorist who worked as a missionary in the United States frontier. Towards the end of his life, he went to New Orleans to minister to victims of yellow fever. He then died after contracting the disease.... Wikipedia
Born: January 11, 1819, Füssen, Germany
Died: October 4, 1867 (age 48 years), New Orleans, LA
Parents: Franziska Schwarzenbach and Mang Seelos
Beatified: April 9, 2000, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II
Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church; (United States & Redemptorists)