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Blessed Christoffel Zelt

image of the 14 martyred Franciscan Friars Minor of Prague; swiped off the web site of the Parish of Our Lady of the Snows in Prague Memorial

15 February

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Franciscan Friar Minor brother. Martyr.

Born

c.1541 in the Netherlands

Shrove Tuesday 15 February 1611 at the Church of Our Lady of the Snows in Prague, Czech Republic
body dumped nearby but given Christian burial on 19 February 1611 in the monastery
re-interred in the side chapel of the church in 1616

10 May 2012 (decree of martyrdom)

13 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI

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MLA Citation

“Blessed Christoffel Zelt“. CatholicSaints.Info. 9 April 2015. Web. 24 February 2020. <>