Bernhard Lehner
German seminary boy who died of diphtheria at fourteen
Who they were
Lehner entered the seminary at Regensburg at eleven by dispensation and died of diphtheria at fourteen.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The decree on heroic virtues has been promulgated; a miracle would come next.
Why that counted as sanctity
His cause was opened at Regensburg in 1950 and Pope Benedict XVI recognised his heroic virtues on 2 April 2011.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.