BEISTEL, COLUMBAN. - Franciscan ascetical writer from Baden, born in 1708, died at Kreuzberg on 5 August 1771. He published: *Schola disciplinae Religiosae id est Ascetica theologia dominicalibus Evangelii per annum quodammodo accommodata, tam Ordinis cuiusvis quam animarum curatoriis perquam utilis habita* etc. (Kempten and Augsburg 1759); and *Schola disciplinae religiosa... festis Sanctorum Evangelii per annum...* (ibid. 1759).
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