WAGNER, HARTMANN, JOHANN (HANS), BEATO

WAGNER, HARTMANN, JOHANN (HANS), Blessed. - Hermit, b. at Riedlingen on the Danube (between Ulm and Sigmaringen), d. 19 May 1516.

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In 1476 he entered as a lay brother the Charterhouse of St Lawrence near Ittingen (Thurgau). In 1489 he left the Charterhouse with a papal dispensation and became a hermit in the Herrgottswald, two hours from Lucerne, where he led an extremely mortified life. Some families of Lucerne built