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Josef Engling
German member of the Schoenstatt Movement (1898–1918) who died as a soldier in World War I and was beatified by the Catholic church in 1998
Who they were
Josef Engling (1898-1918) was a member of the Pallottine community and of the Schoenstatt Movement who died as a soldier in the First World War. Those who examined his life found no evidence that he killed anyone, and his later diaries show growing doubts about the purpose of the war.
A supplementary diocesan inquiry into his life closed in Trier on 17 June 2008, presided over by Auxiliary Bishop Robert Brahm, and the Positio on his virtues, over 700 pages long, was submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in April 2016.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A young Schoenstatt member and First World War soldier whose cause for beatification is under study in Rome.
- Schoenstatt Movement Germany (schoenstatt.de) - 'Seligsprechungsprozess für Josef Engling - Zusammenfassung der bisherigen Untersuchungen abgeschlossen'
- Schoenstatt Movement Germany, news archive 2008 - closing of the diocesan supplementary inquiry in Trier
- Wikidata Q85713 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.