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Karl Braunstorfer
Cistercian abbot of Heiligenkreuz
Servant of GodFull write-upAustria
Born
3 May 1895
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Died
20 September 1978
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Abbot of the Cistercian abbey of Heiligenkreuz in Lower Austria, where he died in 1978.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The diocese of Linz lists his beatification process among those under way for Austrians, and the diocesan inquiry opened on 15 November 2008.
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.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.