CONRAD OF PARZHAM, Saint. - Capuchin lay brother of the province of Bavaria, in the world John Biradorfer, b. Dec. 22, 1818, d. Apr. 21, 1894. After his religious profession (Oct. 4, 1852), he exercised for more than forty years the office of porter of the great convent of St. Anna at Altzetting, beside the famous sanctuary of the Mother of God, which was visited annually by more than 300,000 pilgrims from the German and Austrian regions. In continual prayer, he sanctified himself through humility, and above all through patience and charity toward the poor, children, and needy workers. Declared blessed on June 15, 1930, he was canonized on May 20, 1934 by Pius XI. After the Capuchin martyr St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen (v.), he is the second son whom the German nation saw rise to the altars, after the Protestant defection.

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BIBL.: Analecta Ord. Min. Capacetinarum, Index gener. voll. I-L. Rome 1938, pp. 32-33; Felice da Porretta, Vita di s. C. da P., 2nd ed., Rome 1934; F. Berra, C. da P. portinaio del convento, Milan 1934; Inprio da Castellanza, L'astrario di Dio s. C. da P., ibid. 1934; Joseph Anton von Harsberg, Im Dienste Gottes und der Menschen, Ein Lebensbild des hl. Konrad Biradorfer von P., 4th ed., Munich 1934; B. Gossens, Bruder Konrad von P., 2nd ed., Dülmen in W. 1934.

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