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Born | Vienna, Austria-Hungary | 11 April 1897
Died | 20 October 1924 Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, First Austrian Republic | (aged 27)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 21 June 1998, Vienna, Austria by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 20 October |
Attributes | Premonstratensian habit |
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Franz Alexander Kern (11 April 1897 - 20 October 1924), also known by his religious name Jakob, was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Premonstratensians.[1] Kern served as a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian armed forces during World War I and suffered threatening injuries that impeded his health for the remainder of his life and which often hampered his studies. He fostered an intense devotion for the Eucharist - for which he was known - and was often found in constant Eucharistic Adoration.[2][3]
Kern was beatified on 21 June 1998 in Vienna during the apostolic visit of Pope John Paul II to Austria.